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Identification

marieS24marieS24 Posts: 23
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Good morning. I have about 15 of these plants growing in a perfect line. This is the line I sowed with wild flowers last year and was wondering if somebody could please help me identify what they are. I want to clear the area for this years seedlings I am growing but would hate to get rid of something worth keeping!! 
Many thanks. 
Marie. 

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  • clarke.bruntclarke.brunt Posts: 215
    Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) probably. Well mine look like that, and it's commonly in wild-flower mixes. Did they flower last year?
  • marieS24marieS24 Posts: 23
    No I don’t recall seeing these at all last year. There were a lot of Poppy’s, cosmos, and cornflowers so they may have been hidden in the foliage. Thank you for your help. How tall will these grow? 
  • clarke.bruntclarke.brunt Posts: 215
    2-3ft tall - large daisies with yellow centre (ox-eye). I can't remember whether mine flowered first year from seed.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think they're our native Ox eye daisies too .... what my children used to call Moon Daisies after the ones in Noggin the Nog.   :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • marieS24marieS24 Posts: 23
    😊 I think I will be keeping these. Would moving them damage them? Sorry for all the questions. Thank you. 
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    In French we have 2 totally different common names for the 2 types of common daisies:
    1. Leucanthemum vulgare -> oxeye daisy -> marguerite
    2. Bellis perennis -> daisy -> pâquerette
    And of course French "fenêtre oeil-de-boeuf" does not translate as an "ox eye window" in English, but Oeil-de-boeuf window, also called bull’s-eye window. B)

    As the English say "Vive la différence!" ;)
  • clarke.bruntclarke.brunt Posts: 215
    I always try to remember to stick in a latin name as well as a 'common' one, to ensure we all know what we're talking about! We English have a garden plant we call a 'marguerite', but it's some different daisy-like thing. As a U.S. President is rumoured to have said (but probably didn't): "The French just don't have a word for 'entrepreneur'."

    @marieS24 - they won't mind being moved, the sooner the better. Think lawn-daisies (or pâquerettes as we now know!) only bigger - very tolerant of abuse. I even transplanted some daisies into my lawn, having spent previous decades trying to eradicate them. Things change...

  • marieS24marieS24 Posts: 23
    Lovely. Thank you for your help. As soon as there’s a break in the rain I’ll pop out and move them whilst the ground is nice and soft 😊
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    And in English marguerites can be something different again argyranthemums or chrysanthemum frutescens and so it goes on😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Leucanthemum/oxeye daisies - when I was a child we called them dog-daisies, but goodness only knows why. I had a friend whose mum was a bit posh and she called them marguerites ......... :)
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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