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Plant ID please

DaisypicDaisypic Posts: 80
in Problem solving
These have sprung up in one of my borders, my plant finder app says they are Oxeye daisies, but when I look online the leaves don’t look the same. Does anyone know what they are please. 
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited October 2022
    I agree with ox eyes. I have lots of them.




  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Looks right to me and popping up in unexpected places is just what they do :)
  • DaisypicDaisypic Posts: 80
    Thanks both, I guess I can dig them up and plant them in another part of the garden? 
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Yes, no problems if you just water in after planting. I add them to my meadow area.
  • DaisypicDaisypic Posts: 80
    Buttercupdays said:
    Yes, no problems if you just water in after planting. I add them to my meadow area.
    Brilliant, I didn’t want to get rid of them if they are not a nuisance weed but I will replant them on a bank rather than in my border! 
    Thanks for your help.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I love them. They are perennial, so you can cut the stalks back any time if they flop of go over.
  • DaisypicDaisypic Posts: 80
    That’s perfect for my bank as I’m filling it with perennial plants, for a change I have free plants probably thanks to the birds! 😂😂
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Some of them came up this year, along with red campion, in a neglected bit of border full of blue and white hardy geraniums. They looked lovely together and the display lasted for ages. Some of the daisies and campion are flowering again now!
  • DaisypicDaisypic Posts: 80
    I had to Google red campion, isn’t it nice when plants spring up from no where. Nature as it’s best! 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    campion is lovely too. I would say with OED, to grow them in large-ish stands if you can. They are quite tall and willowy and keep each other up if growing in fields etc. A few plants on their own tend to fall over, I have found. They look better en masse too. Some plants just do. 
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