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Is this celosia?

mugwogmugwog Posts: 16
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Please help. I have seen this little plant come up a couple of times in my garden (see photos). We have been redesigning over the last couple of years and find strange little surprises when we come to new sections... like this. At first I thought it was a willow herb... but the leaves/leaf arrangements, and how the plants group seems different.

I have checked google lens... bing visual search and pl@ntnet but nothing coherent comes up. The nearest I have foind through an image search is celosia argenta. 

Can anyone tell what this is?


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  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    I think it’s Rosebay Willow Herb or Epilobium angustifolium
    East Anglia
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It could be Argentina,  leave it a bit longer and see if it flowers.
    Did you grow them last year?  Has it set seeds anywhere else? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • mugwogmugwog Posts: 16
    Thank u Asarum and Lyn.

    Lyn, I did not grow this last year.  However I remember a similar little crop in one place in the garden which someone in my household pulled out as a weed...
    This year I saw a crop at the edge of a neighbour's garden/drive; it seemed cultivated and looked very attractive. Thus I was happy to see this little crop in my garden ... albeit with roots under a flagstone that is going to be moved. So I removed it as carefully as I could, divided the root... one part in a pot, one part in a shrubbery patch. I also took a cutting, and potted it. This was a week ago...and the cutting is doing best.

    We are trying a system of rescuing plants that volunteer to be in our garden. It is strangely therapeutic, makes us careful observers of the plants in our garden and introduces us to new plants.

    So... let's see. Hoping it is Argentea...

    Thanks again.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Let’s hope it is,  usually, weeds come from just a single root, so if you were able to split it, It could well be something nice. 
    Keep us updated when it flowers.  
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • mugwogmugwog Posts: 16
    Thanks again. I've learnt something further: weeds come from just a single root.

    Will let you know. 
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