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Weeds, nice plants, horrid plants??

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kally195 · 18/05/2018 18:18

I have oodles of stuff growing in my garden which I need to identify. No idea if they are things I want growing or not! Does anyone know what any of these are?

Weeds, nice plants, horrid plants??
Weeds, nice plants, horrid plants??
Weeds, nice plants, horrid plants??
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kally195 · 18/05/2018 18:21

And these...the last one is quite rampant and has a plant/root structure similar to wild strawberry plants

Weeds, nice plants, horrid plants??
Weeds, nice plants, horrid plants??
Weeds, nice plants, horrid plants??
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clearsommespace · 18/05/2018 18:26

The last one is buttercup.

clearsommespace · 18/05/2018 18:27

Or maybe not. Mine is flowering.

clearsommespace · 18/05/2018 18:29

The centre one in you second post looks like a perennial I have inherited. I don't know what it is but it grows tall and gas sprays of yellow flowers late summer early autumn.

clearsommespace · 18/05/2018 18:32

For the record I am not keeping my buttercup but as it is mixed in with wild strawberries I have to wait for it to flower to be sure it's an intruder!

yamadori · 18/05/2018 18:32

The one with the round crinkly leaves is probably alchemilla mollis - the two after that look like weeds. The first three might well be herbs.

You could always wait and see if they flower as it will be easier to identify them, but if they do turn out to be weeds, then don't let them set seed!

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kally195 · 18/05/2018 18:34

clearsommespace ooh is it patrinia scabiosifolia?

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yamadori · 18/05/2018 18:34

Looking at the last one again I think it is avens, probably a weed, but you can get ornamental varieties as well.

UtterlyDesperate · 18/05/2018 18:35

I'm on my phone, so can't see too clearly, but the one in your second post is alchemilla (with slightly "furry" leaves).

I can't see clearly enough to be certain, but the one with white flowers looks from the leaves like cow parsley (if so, the stems will be kind of hollow)

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kally195 · 18/05/2018 18:36

clearsommespace these are quite easy to distinguish from my wild strawberries now, as they are tall and stringy, where the strawberries are still quite squat with broader leaves. As they are trying their best to take over, I think I might just pull them all out!

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UtterlyDesperate · 18/05/2018 18:37

Cross post!
The alchemilla looks as though it has weeds growing in and around it.

The second picture on the second post reminds me of the leaves of rosebay willow herb.

ProfYaffle · 18/05/2018 18:37

Yes, I'd agree that the white flowers are cow parsley though could be wild chervil, they look very similar.

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kally195 · 18/05/2018 18:40

yamadori I think you're right - a Google comparison has me pretty convinced that the last one is yellow avens

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UtterlyDesperate · 18/05/2018 18:42

Tbh, a weed is just a plant growing out of place Grin I can't identify the last picture - but it's a wildflower/weed, I think: it has slightly hairy leaves and whitish small flowers. I'd remove it and let the forget me nots underneath flourish - but I am a ruthless weeder that has made plenty of errors in the past Grin

WobblyLondoner · 18/05/2018 18:43

Agree that the last one looks like alchemilla mollis mixed in with weeds. Its leaves have tiny hairs on it and has little sprigs of yellow/green flowers later in the spring. I love this plant personally! Very easy to look after and looks lovely with most other plants. It self seeds so will spread itself around.

ErrolTheDragon · 18/05/2018 18:44

The middle one in your first post looks like it's a proper plant but I can't think what. The third is cow parsley or similar - lovely in the wild, a weed in the garden. Not sure about the first...wait and see?

Second row, the big roundish leaves definitely look like alchemilla mollis, weed out the other stuff and keep it. The second looks like some sort of willow herb - if so remove before it sets seed. Third agree looks like an avens ...nice in a woodland, probably a weed in a garden.

WobblyLondoner · 18/05/2018 18:44

Doh sorry - when I said the last one I meant the first picture in the second set.

clearsommespace · 18/05/2018 18:45

No Kallt my mystery plant isn't scabiosifolia. The leaves are a lush dark green.

WobblyLondoner · 18/05/2018 18:45

Agree the last one in the second set is Avens. Pain in the ** that one is!
I'll go now!

MissWilmottsGhost · 18/05/2018 18:47

Depends on the flowers. I wouldn't chuck anything until you see them bloom.

Ornamental geums are the same genus as avens, they are just a species with big flowers. The leaves are much the same.

clearsommespace · 18/05/2018 18:49

This thread has finally encouraged me to research and I think my mystery plant is solidago.

clearsommespace · 18/05/2018 18:51

Right now it looks just like your second pic (centre of your first post).

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kally195 · 18/05/2018 18:52

The furry one is definitely alchemilla, and it is full of random grassy weeds. There is also loads of it, so we will remove some

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washewihersen · 18/05/2018 18:53

Photo 4 is Lady's Mantle it gets zingy yellow-green flowers and is a really good filler. You can dig it up and split it to spread it around. Looks good next to purple things.

I agree about the cow parsley. The one that looks like wild strawberry is def a weed. It's trying to take over my front garden at the moment.

MissWilmottsGhost · 18/05/2018 18:54

I think the first three are plants not weeds. The third of them could be sweet cicely, it's a herb.

Of the next three, the first is definitely alchemilla mollis, the last is a geum, but could be wild flower or cultivated species, can't tell. Middle one may be a weed.

I can't tell for sure without > Flowers