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Candytuft or weed

cairnsiecairnsie Posts: 388
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I seeded a bed with candytuft in September and I thought what was growing was candytuft however I am beginning to think they may be weeds. The foliage has serrated leaves and in all the photos on the internet they have elongated plain leaves. I hope this is not the case. Any help would be appreciated

 

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  • GardenmaidenGardenmaiden Posts: 1,126

    If the little flower buds look like they might be yellow, its a weed but I can't remember the name. I reckon Nut will know it.

  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,697

    That isn't candytuft but you will need someone else to tell you what it is.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Sorryimage

    I wouldn't whip them out til you know what they are though. Well grown plants, nicely spaced, maybe you sowed something else insteadimage

    Or is it just me that does thatimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    Did you one of the daisy family instead carnsie? It looks like one of the shasta daisies.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    I do that Nut image

    They look familiar but I can't put a name to them - I certainly wouldn't pull them out until you know what they are. 

    Something keeps saying 'daisy' to me -   Shasta - something along those lines ........... but I'm probably wrong image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    Oh Dave, didn't see you there - I started the post and then got distracted by a cuppa image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Could it be a Senecio?

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • GardenmaidenGardenmaiden Posts: 1,126

    Leucanthemum? Or is that the same as shasta?

  • cairnsiecairnsie Posts: 388

    I may well have sown something else I honestly don't know it seems really odd that they have only sprouted exactly where I put the seeds. perhaps I have sown something else. Thanks for the replys I'll leave them for now and see what they look like when they flower

  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Looks like wild rocket to me, try a tiny bit off leaf

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
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