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I hope these aren't poisonous...

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smerlin · 05/05/2018 21:41

Found these growing in my new garden. I suspect they are overgrown weeds (the purple ones) and they look a bit suspicious to me!!! Any ideas what they are?

Also yellow flowers have come up that I suspect are supposed to be there!

So hard taking over a new garden and having no clue what is to keep and what is to bin!

I hope these aren't poisonous...
I hope these aren't poisonous...
I hope these aren't poisonous...
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Jinglebells99 · 05/05/2018 21:43

Are the purple ones deadly nightshade? If so the berries and foliage are poisonous, I think.

Lou573 · 05/05/2018 21:45

Purple ones are aquilegia, yellow look like wallflowers. Neither poisonous!

Wistfulthinking · 05/05/2018 21:47

I think aquilegia too - I love them and have several

liloleme · 05/05/2018 22:01

First one is aquilegia and the other wallflowers. They're quite safe.

LadyB49 · 05/05/2018 22:04

Acquilegia and everlasting wallflower which comes back each year and only in yellow. Other wallflower is a little more showy and in various colours

smerlin · 06/05/2018 14:29

Thanks so much - sorry my notifications obviously weren't on as didn't realise anyone had replied!

It was the deadly nightshade I was worried about (that I now know is aquilegia!!) for some reason in my head, if I were a deadly nightshade I would look like that!

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Onesmallstepforaman · 06/05/2018 16:49

Aquilelegia is poisonous to hares.

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