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Small plant ID, please.
Hi, the plant in this picture has emerged from beneath my small hebe plant over the last few months, starting in late winter/early spring. It will have come from seeds I planted last year, possibly from a wildflower or a summer mix.
It was seeking out the light and prostrate until I staked it yesterday. It is branching, multi-stemmed and the leaves are quite hairy. Any ideas?
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Looks to me like White Campion - Silene latifolia - great for attracting night flying moths etc. One of the favourites in my garden.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
dovefromabove, sorry for the late reply. I've had white and red campion in the garden in previous years but this appears to be a much larger plant. I'll wait for the flowers and post a picture as soon as they emerge.
Okay - a bit hard to judge scale on a photo - let's wait for the flowers
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes it is. There were some campion growing nearby last year so you may well be right. I'll keep you updated.
Hi doverfromabove - as promised here's an update on this ID I asked for. I knew it was familiar but I just couldn't think what it was. I had it in the garden for the first time last year and it must have self-seeded.
It's now a large plant and the first flower reveals it to be - Rudbeckia! otherwise known as black eyed susan, I think this is Rudbeckia hirta, possibly the cultivar marmalade.
Hi soulboy. Sorry, that doesn't help me. I knew what it was going to look like but I don't know what it is
my best guess would be an annual rudbeckia
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi Nutcutlet, I'm mightily confused by your response. My update was mainly for dovefromabove who had thought this might have been a campion when she saw the OP, and the plant was much smaller.
Your post gives me the impression that you had responded to the OP in that you say you knew what it was going to look like and that my pictures didn't help you. Also I've said that it's a Rudbeckia, although after surmising that it might be the cultivar marmalade, yesterday, I'm almost sure that it's 'indian summer'. A picture of the latter appears on this blog page: http://plowingthroughlife.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/lovely-rudbeckias.html#.U9TiLbFRnN0
The petals are identical and the centre has a little indentation or notch as mine does. The colours are also very closely matched.