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Are these docks? Should I take them out?

CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
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Thankyou for any help 

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Top left looks like a foxglove. The smaller ones look like forget-me-nots. The bottom middle one with the longer leaves could be green alkanet.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    edited October 2023
    docks have quite narrow leaves as they emerge - can't see any in those pictures
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    If you feel the underneath of the leaves, foxgloves feel soft and furry.
    Alkanet leaves feel spiky on the underside of the leaves.

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    No Docks, plenty of Foxgloves.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    The bigger-leafed ones look more verbascum-ish than foxglove-ish to me (not the grey-leaved type, the chiaxii sort). Maybe leave them and see what happens in the spring. I agree the little ones with the prominent central vein are forget-me-nots.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    Thankyou so much to everyone who replied to me last week. Sorry for such late reply with thanks. Been caught up with work. Really appreciate everyone’s help. X
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