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IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
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Shouldn’t these be flowering? I haven’t seen them flower yet but they looked like this last year too. They seem to be getting taller but I can’t see buds.

The second one is this which has a lot of leaves. Should it stay or go?

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    1. I think is a campanula of some sort, mine's not flowering either. Probably the earlier cold weather has kept it back.

    2. Look like wild violets to me, they don't always flower I find, although some of mine already have.

    3. Looks familiar but I just can't think of the name off-hand - sorry!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    3. looks a lot like oregano that grows everywhere in my garden
    Do they leaves smell?

    Billericay - Essex

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Looks like some hedge bindweed amongst the second pic. 

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





  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    Thanks all, so I should just be patient with the campanula because it might flower this year still. It’s at the foot of a privet hedge so it’s quite dry there and has to fend for itself. But I want flowers there.

    There shouldn’t be bindweed there in second pic, it’s the windy stems of the heart shaped little leaves in that clump thinking about it pic 1 and 2 might be same plant.

    number 3, yes the leaves smell! Is it a thug @Pete.8? Should I remove it? Is it an edible?
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Not a thug - I have several clumps in the garden.
    I use oregano often (it's what usually goes on a pizza/Greek Salad etc)
    It has little clouds of pink flowers in a few weeks.
    I think it's a great little perennial and survives where other plants wouldn't in dry sun-baked soil
    I have both the Dwarf Greek variety and the larger normal variety - I like them both

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    I’ll see when it flowers but that’s what the leaves are looking like at the moment. It’s in the hot dry part of the garden, looks about a foot tall at the moment. Thanks.
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Another possibility for photo 3 is it might be a Salvia plant. Some Autumn Sages look like that.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The bees and butterflies love the oregano flowers. It can spread a bit but it's easy to pull out the bits you don't want.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Ilikeplants said:
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    There shouldn’t be bindweed there in second pic, it’s the windy stems of the heart shaped little leaves in that clump thinking about it pic 1 and 2 might be same plant.

    ...
    Sorry ... you're right ... I was looking on my phone, now I'm on the laptop ... ignore me  ;)

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





  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    Lol @Dovefromabove. I was abit worried by the little waving growths initially but they haven’t gotten any taller so just waiting for flowers or they’re coming out as I’m sure this is their third season.

    I’d be happy if the other one is salvia or oregano even though I don’t use it in cooking.
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