What's this? It used to be a peppercorn!

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Well, sort of. I found a seed tucked away at the bottom of an old purse earlier this year, I've no idea what it is but I've obviously saved it from somewhere! It looked just like a dried up little peppercorn...
It's doing quite well, and looks like a nettle but it's leaves are soft, not stingy! Any ideas?

Is it an elder? Was it an elderberry?

(Has checked outside window - wrong shaped leaves whoops)

Blueberry?

I did wonder if it was a tree! I can't think how or why I've kept this seed... but I clearly have...

I nearly asked if it was a nettle 😄.

I’m confident that it isn’t a blueberry.

My guess would be some sort of tree.

I think it's a little lime tree, with those heart shaped leaves. Lovely!

Ps and this time I looked it up on the woodland trust website! Seeds sound right too.

I’d think it was a tree too, but I don’t know which



www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-uk-native-trees/common-lime/

Second time lucky

Thank you @cleanhousewastedlife that's super sleuthing!

I'm going to need a bigger pot!

It's definitely not from a peppercorn. Peppercorns grow on a vine-like plant which can be found clinging to trees in countries where they grow. The peppercorns grow like mini bunches of grapes. rushes off to plant a peppercorn and see what happens

I like the bigger pot line!

I thought the leaves weren't round enough for lime, but googling Tilia seedling (Tilia is the scientific name for our lime, useful to distinguish it from the citrus lime) showed some seedlings with leaves this shape. The "peppercorn" would make sense too - lime seeds are peppercorn/pea sized hard green balls delivered on a "helicopter" - just the sort of thing one would pick up and tuck into a purse.