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Erigeron karvinskianus seedlings

pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
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A while ago I’ve started rescuing a variety of seedlings from between paving stones. Am I right in thinking these are erigeron karvinskianus? I was quite sure at first, but not anymore. Don’t mind the geranium seedlings and the little critter on the right 😊.

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited August 2023
    Don’t think so,  hold on to them,  they’re not your usual weeds so maybe something nice there.
    grasshoppers’s lovely. 

    Edit, actually,  they could be,  they change as they grow onl.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    Yes, I was a bit confused as well about how they changed…
  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    The three at the front are erigeron, yes
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    SalixGold said:
    The three at the front are erigeron, yes
    and a couple at the back


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Songbird-2Songbird-2 Posts: 2,349
    Yes, @plant pauper, they are definitely Mexican Fleabane . Have just potted some up myself after finding them everywhere🙂
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    Excellent! Mine are very reluctant to self seed in the borders. 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I canremember having fifty or so plants in the garden most between paving. After a cold wet winter I had one plant that survived it was hugging the side of the path in a south facing border. They like to be in gaps and at the side of a path in full sun, that is were they do their best.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Songbird-2Songbird-2 Posts: 2,349
    edited August 2023
    I found ours amongst either other pots nearby or in the planters. Plenty in the cracks between patio slabs but not viable really to pot on from there.
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    Mine were easy enough to remove from between the slabs. They also survived well in the borders, even during the difficult winter we’ve just had. 

    Lavender Lady doesn’t seem to self seed as much, so I might dig up a section and pot it separately. 

  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    My Erigeron enjoys borders too. (There are lots of seedlings in the narrow strip alongside the pavement though!)


    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


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