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Plant ID please

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MinniesAndMickeysNeedCounting · 12/01/2020 16:17

I've recently moved house and the garden here is a bit of a mess, i'm in the process of clearing out the borders ready for planting in spring but I dont want to accidentally throw something out that's actually nice, does this look like a weed or could it be worth keeping?

Plant ID please
Plant ID please
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MinniesAndMickeysNeedCounting · 12/01/2020 16:20

Also have these, they looked a little like foxglove foliage but thought it would be too early for that?
Thanks

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MereDintofPandiculation · 12/01/2020 21:51

The second looks like foxglove leaves but maybe not rosette-shaped enough? The other leaves that can look very foxglove like are the larger members of the forget-me-not family, eg comfrey. First picture is definitely worth keeping, could be quite a few things, Erigeron maybe?(not E karwinskianus, one of the purple flowered perennial ones).

It's a good rule never to pull something up until you've identified it. If nothing else, you get remarkably good at recognising seedlings!

MinniesAndMickeysNeedCounting · 13/01/2020 09:09

Thanks mere think you're probably right with the comfrey, the Erigeron leaves look different when I've googled, dont think its that, thank you

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Trethew · 13/01/2020 09:09

Agree with meredint

Trethew · 13/01/2020 09:13

I’d guess a variety of Erigeron glaucus

MereDintofPandiculation · 13/01/2020 11:44

Did you look at the right Erigeron? E glaucus leaves look similar to your photo, and there are several similar species (which is why I didn't specify E glaucus). But most of the early hits are E karwinskiana, which is an annual species with quite different leaves, and which has soared in popularity over the last couple of years.

MinniesAndMickeysNeedCounting · 13/01/2020 14:26

Ah thank you MereDintofPandiculation & Trethew that does look much more like it.
I'm relatively new to gardening and with a few exceptions I only know what things are if I've planted them myself Blush
Thank you for your help.

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