The latex sap from euphorbia certainly burns/inflamed the skin, particularly in strong sunlight. I suffered horribly for several days when, as a child of 9 or 10 I got some of the sap on my legs. I remember it well over 60 years on.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I agree toadflax (the bees adore it but it spreads), teasel (bees and birds love it but again it spreads) and buddleia (bees and butterflies) are all the backbones of wild life gardens. They are easily moved at that size to where you would like them, if you would like them.
I've not heard of mole spurge before but it seems it's another name for what I recognise as caper spurge. It's slightly architectural but does have the nasty sap. It's a plant that if you let it flower, you'll have it popping up for ever. I don't mind it so allow some.
The geum if it is the weedy type (and it looks like it is) is one I would remove on site. It can be a real pain and spreads everywhere ime.
Wrong I'm afraid @bédé. The entire euphorbia family is known for its milky sap which can burn skin in sunlight and must be kept away from eyes. Giant hogweed sap is also dangerous in the right/wrong circumstances.
Teasel is supposedly a good, architectural weed whose seed heads ara attractive to goldfinches. I grew some in my last garden - never got a goldfinch but had teasels everywher afterwards so not a good plant in a small garden. In this garden I've seen goldfinches pecking at ground cover weeds in our gravel drive so teasels aren't necessary.
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Geum is a PITA, it spreads everywhere, can break easily at the root, and the bristley flower heads stick to your clothes.
It also sticks to your cat (I was very careful there ). Our Murphy comes in with great bunches of the seeds matted into his fur. I'm convinced repeatedly licking them give rise to his oral ulcer (eosinophilic granuloma) which needs treating with high dose steroids every year.
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I wouldn't keep the mole spurge. It's a native euphorbia of little ornamental value. It certainly doesn't keep moles away and it has nasty sap which can burn if you get it on your skin in sunlight.
I like it. It is very architectural.
Like the teasel, grow ir for one year and see what you think.
The sap is a rubber latex. Even worse if you get it on your clothes. Neither detergent, nor solvent will get it out. Just water if you are quick before it dries. Perhaps add a touch of ammonia. It works, I've done it. It's like Copydex or watercolour resist.
The sunlight bit is another plant. Giant hogweed.
Mole spurge is a matter of taste. No harm in letting it grow, they are very easy to remove. I always leave a few to grow because I think they look fantastic, but that's just me.
I don't think I'd keep any of those. The geum definitely looks like the 'nuisance' one - not a cultivated variety. Very early for a cultivated one to be that far on too. The buddliea is likely to be the common, wild one. Fine if you don't mind it seeding around, but the cultivated ones are much nicer, and less problematic. Any euphorbias can cause problems, and it doesn't have to be in sunlight either. I wouldn't keep that caper spurge unless you had a wild enough area well away from more desirable planting. Again - lots of nice, cultivated ones, which are very useful plants.
I take it that it's the yellow toadflax? The purple one doesn't look like that in my experience.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've not heard of mole spurge before but it seems it's another name for what I recognise as caper spurge. It's slightly architectural but does have the nasty sap. It's a plant that if you let it flower, you'll have it popping up for ever. I don't mind it so allow some.
The geum if it is the weedy type (and it looks like it is) is one I would remove on site. It can be a real pain and spreads everywhere ime.
Teasel is supposedly a good, architectural weed whose seed heads ara attractive to goldfinches. I grew some in my last garden - never got a goldfinch but had teasels everywher afterwards so not a good plant in a small garden. In this garden I've seen goldfinches pecking at ground cover weeds in our gravel drive so teasels aren't necessary.
It also sticks to your cat (I was very careful there
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
The buddliea is likely to be the common, wild one. Fine if you don't mind it seeding around, but the cultivated ones are much nicer, and less problematic.
Any euphorbias can cause problems, and it doesn't have to be in sunlight either. I wouldn't keep that caper spurge unless you had a wild enough area well away from more desirable planting. Again - lots of nice, cultivated ones, which are very useful plants.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...