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Plant (seedling) ID

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BuffyChiro · 22/05/2019 12:02

New gardener here - earlier this year I sowed a Cottage Garden Seed Mix, got good results and have been able to ID most of the resulting plants (Lupins, borage, stocks, phlox etc) but there are a couple of seedlings I’m struggling with. There’s no info online as to what seeds are included in this mix. I initially thought one was cosmos but, comparing it to other cosmos seedlings I’ve grown, the leaves are a slightly different shape, and rather than one straight stem, the mystery seedling has several stems. The other I have no idea. Hoping you can help!

Plant (seedling) ID
Plant (seedling) ID
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Clutterbugsmum · 22/05/2019 12:06

The second one could be Cosmos

cakeandchampagne · 22/05/2019 12:08

Could the first one be lavender?

MellowMelly · 22/05/2019 12:15

The second one does look like a Cosmos, mainly the middle part of it. So many different types of Cosmos that it’s hard to tell.
My initial reaction to the first one was St Johns Wort.

VerbenaGirl · 22/05/2019 12:18

The second one looks a lot like something we have coming up from a packet of bee friendly wild flower seeds we planted recently - so it should be nice!

stayathomegardener · 22/05/2019 12:31

The first looks like flax

Plant (seedling) ID
MellowMelly · 22/05/2019 12:56

@stayathomegardener
yes it does look like flax with the leaves! Maybe not St Johns then like I earlier thought.

BuffyChiro · 22/05/2019 20:59

I quite like the look of flax (thanks for the photo!) so I’m pleased with that. I’d be pleased with some more Cosmos too, so I hope it is that. Thank you all for taking a look.

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sackrifice · 22/05/2019 23:25

Flax and Nigella.

Beekeeper1 · 22/05/2019 23:37

First one looks like purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) and second one love in a mist (Nigella)

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