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Another plant identification please
Quercusrobur81
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Hello, me again! These plants are coming in next to all my fences, lots of them. I let them be as my mum thought they might be forget-me-nots but they have shot up in the last few weeks, are they weeds?
Thanks!
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It is hard to tell without a bloom. Evening primrose? Milkweed?
Willowherb?
Michaelmas daisies?
I reckon that might be canterbury bells - they're coming up in my garden (self-sowers) in white and lilac.
My forget me nots are flowering (and different leaf anyway) but I notice you have some aquilegias self seeding too in the first picture. I have the same sort of scenario.
Thanks. Definitely not Michaelmas daisies (have loads of them and they are all v small at the moment). There was loads of willowherb in the garden last summer so a likely candidate... might let them be a while longer and see what happens. Are milkweed and Canterbury bells weeds? Loads of aquilegia cloggie, looking forward to seeing how it turns out! Thanks for the replies.
I leave forget me nots, foxgloves, honesty, canterbury bells and some others to self seed. I pull up aquilegias because they are difficult to control.
A weed is a plant you don't like. I'm not keen on aquilegias.
i'll try and find a pic of the CBs.
They do look lot like Campanula persicifolia. Lucky you having these popping up, if so!
Last edited: 12 April 2017 22:49:08
Thank you! We moved here last summer so lots of surprises popping up everywhere. Very pretty, hope we are lucky and they are Canterbury bells (and not willowherb...)