ID these seedlings, please

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• Marlorena Posts: 8,705

  May 2023

  Verbena bonariensis... can get a bit weedy, as you see.. 

  East Anglia, England

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• Eustace Posts: 2,290

  May 2023

  Thanks @Marlorena. Yes my neighbour had VB last year near the wall on the other side. 

  Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
  

  And then my heart with pleasure fills,

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• GardenerSuze Posts: 5,692

  May 2023

  @Eustace Some gardeners will be very envious others will be thinking where is my hoe.They seem to do best when left to get on with it rather than planting in pots from seed.

  I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.

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• Marlorena Posts: 8,705

  May 2023

  ..that explains it... transplant to your border, they make a nice display later on if you want to keep them.. I get too many and remove a lot ..

  East Anglia, England

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• Eustace Posts: 2,290

  May 2023

  In fact, last year I bought VB as a 9 cm potted plant and planted in my garden, but it didn't take. My neighbour's was growing in the gravel driveway. So, free plants for me this time. I'll allow them to grow a bit more before transplanting.

  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
  

  
  

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• DaveGreig Posts: 189

  May 2023

  They seem to prefer the impoverished little edges and cracks/spaces between paving and walls, particularly if some spilt compost from container filling has made its way in. Some years, I’ve given ‘verbena turf’ to friends and neighbors to pot on.

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