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Weeds ?
Missie
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Hi - can someone kindly identy these for me - have scattered some poppies & wildflower seeds but I'm not convinced that these are them ?
to weed or not to weed ...
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Looks like celandine.
If it is, get shot of it asap or it'll be everywhere.
If you dig it up, you'll probably find lots of tiny bulblets at the base already to start sprouting.
Pity, because it is pretty when in flower, but it'll soon spread everywhere
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Thank you - any ideas for the spindly one that looks more poppy-like ?
If you have a patch dedicated to wildflowers then just see what comes up. Celandine, is a lovely plant, it's just hard to control, as I found out when they first turned up in my garden.
The spindly one's could well be poppies
I was at a building site yesterday where the huge lawn had been prepared but not laid, then the bank foreclosed on the builders. The huge meadow of wildflowers was stunning. 000's red poppies, geranium, flax, feverfew, and what appeared to be little dark blue delphiniums etc etc it looked beautiful. If I return again soon, I'll get a pic and post it.
Last edited: 29 May 2016 14:08:17
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Save me starting a new thread....
Can somebody please confirm what this weed is? It appears to have populated an area of my front garden in a gravel bed, which has weed suppressing membrane under the gravel. It has colonised above the weed membrane in the gravel but has anchored its roots in the fabric. Ignore the baby sycamore tree in the picture. I know what that is. :-)
could be avens - another quickly spreading wildflower or weed, depending on your view
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Thanks Pete - yes, spotted after I posted that somebody else had posted a picture of a similar looking 'weed' under a different thread. Looks fairly similar. First time I've seen it in the garden and appears to have appeared literally from nowhere. Somebody said its got sticky seeds so probably brought in by either the foxes, hedgehogs or the millions of cats that use my front garden as a thoroughfare.