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Help with I'd please

StaceyjStaceyj Posts: 62
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Hello lovely gardeners. Tidying up my mum's garden and have pulled out a lot of known unwanted plants (refuse to call them weeds!). This one I've left to check first as I don't know what it is. Can anyone help with I'd please?
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  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    It would be easier to identify with flowers, but it looks like Purple Toadflax, which is a good garden plant and attractive to bees.
  • StaceyjStaceyj Posts: 62
    Thank you Alan. I agree with you about the flowers. It has buds forming at the top but not ready yet. This is growing next to it which I thought was toadflax. Also showing a pic of the leaf of the plant to id.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    That is Toadflax. It is an annual which will self seed.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'm wondering if your plant is a Penstemon.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    It also looks like Goldenrod and there is a weed that looks like that that has little white flowers and fluffy seedheads. I think it will be hard to decide until the flowers appear.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Or some kind of lily ?
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    I'll go with @Busy-Lizzie's guess.
    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • StaceyjStaceyj Posts: 62
    Thank you all for your help. I'll leave it where it is until it flowers so I can be sure.  :)
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    It's very likely Horseweed, Erigeron Canadensis. Not something that should be left to flower.
  • EricsGardenEricsGarden Posts: 151
    We've had a few of these weeds in our garden the last 2 years.

    They grow up to 6ft tall with small purple flowers.

    They've spread quickly but are very easy to pull up due to short roots.
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