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Flower id

skankinpickleskankinpickle Posts: 119
in Wildlife gardening
Just the 2 this time.

Blue flower. Think it is classed as a weed? 

Red star flower (on a bush). Thanks again. 

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  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Top one is forget-me-not.
    Don't know about the bottom one, but there's an awful painting of them in my dentists reception - they're pretty in real life! 😁
  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    Forget-me-nots are not weeds!
    Southampton 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The 2nd one could be a Japanese azalea, but the photo isn't great. 
    Forget me nots are weeds to me  ;)
    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
    Not to me, I like Forget-me-nots. They look good with tulips. They aren't weeds.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited May 2023
    Forget-me-not - lovely, but they do self-seed profusely and then die messily (they're biennial) and it's a bit of a chore pulling them all out when they finish flowering.
    I think the shrub might be an escallonia (there are several red varieties) but I'm not getting a good sense of the scale - perhaps the flower nearest the camera is very close-up. Or a single-flowered azalea.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    They start their short lives as wildflowers and end them as weeds.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    "A weed is plant in the wrong place". 

    Don't know who originally said that but they're probably working with the RHS now  B)
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Had a look on Google. It looks like one of those 'nobody knows' sayings
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    edited May 2023
    Azalea
  • skankinpickleskankinpickle Posts: 119
    edited May 2023
    JennyJ said:

    I think the shrub might be an escallonia (there are several red varieties) but I'm not getting a good sense of the scale - perhaps the flower nearest the camera is very close-up. Or a single-flowered azalea.

    Sun was out today and it bloomed.
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