Have I been lovingly caring for a load of weeds?

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Are these weeds I have been watering fur the last few months?

Mmm. Quite possibly. Do the insects like them?

What was supposed to be growing in there?

Oh no!
My son sprinkled some flowers seeds there but neither of us have any memory of what they were supposed to be (I have 4 kids and kind of left them to it).

Hee hee! Sorry this post made me laugh.. exactly the kind of thing I would do!

It could be a wild flower pollinating mix... but probably not.

Has it had any colour in it?

We could do with a close-up if you want an identification. I haven't a clue what that is - it's not one of the obvious candidates with small insignificant green flowers, so it may still be in bud - wait and see.

There's no such thing as a weed - a plant can grow as a weed if it's growing where you don't want it, but in isolation you can't look at a plant and say "this is a weed".

Thanks. No colour on it just little tiny round bits. We went to the garden centre back in the spring and all the kids chose 2 packets of seeds each and they weeded their section and sprinkled the seeds on. I didn't really make a note of what they chose. I have been diligently watering their patches if the kids haven't five it.
Will try and post a close up.

Close up

But if you like it, it’s okay.

I know someone who pulled up forget me nots thinking they were weeds, I love them!

That looks like a chenopod, maybe what's known as strawberry sticks? The little nobbles turn red and are edible, though don't taste of much.

The leaves don't look quite right though.

practicalhome.uk/common-garden-weeds/

www.gardenwithoutdoors.org.uk/weed_guide#Alexanders

www.gardenwithoutdoors.org.uk/weed_guide#Alexanders

Ooh - that's interesting! I don't think it's a UK native. It looks like an amaranth www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/grains/amaranth/harvesting-amaranth-plants.htm
... but don't eat it unless you have a firm identification!

It's most definitely not Alexanders, which is an umbellifer - the stalks of the flower head all come from one point, like the spokes of an umbrella. And the leaves are totally wrong, Alexanders has compound leaves composed of separate leaflets, your leaves are simple, with no leaflets.

Thanks everyone. Perhaps I will just leave them and see if they do anything.