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weeds or flowers?
maggienewgardener
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Anyone knows them are weeds or flowers?
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All weeds to me.
1. Ivy
2.Cotoneaster seedling
3 Ribes (currant) of some sort ?
4, avens
5 Vinca?
6 silver birch seedling
Hi Maggie,you've got the beginnings of a woodland garden there
1. Ivy
2. Cotoneaster, ? which one
3, Ribes, flowering currant
4. Geum urbanum, wood avens, a weed with seeds that stick to everything
5, Vinca, periwinkle
6. Birch seedling
7. Field maple seedling
In the sticks near Peterborough
Great, Thanks fidgetbones and nutcutlet!!!
Unbelievable
I didn't get a single one right.....I'm so rubbish 
You said 4 was a Geum, so can some Geum's be a weed then? I have just bought a Geum (not a weed), it's confusing when a plant species (is that the right word??) can have weed and non-weed varieties - most confusing for newbies
Geums, lots of them.
Geum is a genus. A group of species. Some wild, some cultivated forms of wild ones, some hybrids, (a cross between 2 species)
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks for clarifying Nut
So now you know
In the sticks near Peterborough
nutcutlet
How long take that little field maple/brich seeding to grow to a tree. Is it worth keeping it?
Hi Maggie, the trees to the left of the shed are field maples, grown from seed 21 years ago.
The ones to the right are birches, a couple of years younger but might be taller.
The shed will be 6' or so to the eaves so maybe 20' for the trees. Big enough to sit in the shade of for several years now
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks nutcutlet for sharing your photos. Your garden looks like a park to me. I got the idea now, I am not sure I have the patient to waiting for the tree.