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Yet another Flower-weed id thread

skankinpickleskankinpickle Posts: 119
in Wildlife gardening
Sorry, the first picture is a bit blurry (I have a non smartphone camera which is old tech with no macro).
4 in total.



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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    2 is probably/possibly herb robert [which is a wild geranium] but I'd need some sense of scale to be sure, and a wider pic would also help.  3 and 4 are Aquilegia, and Knapweed.
    No idea what the first one is though, but I'm sure someone will be able to help. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 284
    1 ?
    2 herb robert
    3 granny’s bonnet - aquilegia
    4 everlasting cornflower/Mountain bluet- Centaurea montana 
    Nottinghamshire.
    Failure is always an option.

  • SuesynSuesyn Posts: 664
    1 is a hardy geranium,  I can't remember the name but I have it in my garden and it repeat flowers well if cut back after the first flush. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    If it's Wargrave Pink, it's an absolute thug in my garden.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • skankinpickleskankinpickle Posts: 119
    These 4 "flowers" are all growing wild in an unkept alley/walk, so not in the garden.

    Though no doubt they will grow there if I introduce them. Picture 2 is more forget me not size - I actually thought it might be a pink variety of that.
  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    1. looks like a variety of geranium oxonianum.
  • skankinpickleskankinpickle Posts: 119
    Ceres said:
    1. looks like a variety of geranium oxonianum.
    It is definitely some kind of Geranium, I walked by there again yesterday and I saw the leaves and hairy stems are exactly the same type as the gereniums growing in the garden (albeit those ones are actually blue - or will be when they come out again).
  • skankinpickleskankinpickle Posts: 119
    edited May 2023
    Fairygirl said:
    2 is probably/possibly herb robert [which is a wild geranium] but I'd need some sense of scale to be sure, and a wider pic would also help.  


    You can make out the 3 pink flowers (though the colour does not look so vibrant on the photo) growing in with the forget-me-nots and buttercups.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Herb Robert. You can check leaves for strong smell. I like it but many don't😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • hsoumya607YZhAX5Zihsoumya607YZhAX5Zi Posts: 1
    skankinpickle said:
    Sorry, the first picture is a bit blurry (I have a non smartphone camera which is old tech with no macro).
    4 in total.



    THOSE LEAVES ARE BEAUTIFUL
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