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Three for ID please
Hi, Can anyone ID these for me please. The first grew itself out of some compost from the husk on the soil (underneath the plant to the left). The second came 'free' with growing at the base of another plant I bought at a GC. The last one is something I've had in the garden for some time. It's nice but it does sucker and pop up where I don't want it. Cheers J
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1) Looks like an Elder tree seedling
2) Possibly Lemon Balm
3) Phygelius aequalis
Are leaves scented on 2nd one? Best way to identify lemon balm just rub a leaf if it smells of lemons that's what you have got
Thanks Dave, I think you're right on 1 and 3. 3's definately Phygelius, no idea where it came from though. Maybe I bought it years ago and forgot about it, I am a bit of a plant shopaholic (there should be a word for that!).
2 doesn't have a smell when crushing the leaf (thanks Debs) but you're right about it looking like lemon balm. Maybe I'll just have to wait for it to get bigger and see what it turns into.
Cheers
J
Update :-
Number 2 is getting bigger. Any ideas?
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I think 1 is an ash not an elder but you can tell by poking the leaves, elder stinks, ash doesn't
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks nutty. I never knew elder leaves stunk. You learn something new every day! Any ideas on number two?
Ta
James
No 2 that's masquerading as lemon balm could be a salvia of some sort
Billericay - Essex
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Thanks Pete, sorry I didn't see your message until now.
It's now about to flower with what looks like white petals. Any ideas?
Cheers
J
Is the stem square in cross-section?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
May be wrong, but I think the latter is lemon balm.