Plant identification please; have I been carefully cultivating a weed?

[KatyMac]

I thought it was a lily or something? but is it just a weed?

Would hazard a guess at some sort of salvia?

Not something I am likely to have bought

Hmm

I'll see if it flowers

There is a good app called Plantnet I use that while out on walks when my ds asks what a certain flower or tree is. Very easy to use

Looks a bit like antirrhinum leaves to me.

It could be a willowherb, which is considered a weed. Wait until it flowers.

I was going to suggest rosemary, which is a type of salvia as a PP said. Do the leaves have a scent? I'm thinking though that you'd probably have noticed if it was rosemary as it's got a strong smell.

I can’t see up close enough to see how ‘hairy’ the leaves are but it could be horseweed. Google a pic of it and compare to your plant.

I would say horseweed too

Bottom leave close up and top leaves

It smells geranium-y

Oh yeah, now I can see the bottom leaves, definitely horseweed (not to be confused with horsetail).

i'd say that was probably rosebay willow herb

Could be rosebay willowherb, which is a weed in my eyes.

But weeds are only weeds if you don't want them there OP. If you like it when it flowers, then you have yourself some wildflowers

I'm cool with flowers - bees like it

I downloaded the plant app who gave up after 3 photos

Not a salvia, which has its leaves in opposite pairs up the stem. Rosemary has shorter, tightly rolled up leaves, so not that. Not rosebay either. Horseweed is not a name I've come across but I see it's Erigeron canadensis (formerly Conyza canadensis) more usually known as Candadianan fleabane, which is certainly a good contender. And also a possibility for all the other nondescript michaelmas-daisy like plants that have popped up on the other id threads.

@MereDintofPandiculation

Not a salvia, which has its leaves in opposite pairs up the stem. Rosemary has shorter, tightly rolled up leaves, so not that. Not rosebay either. Horseweed is not a name I've come across but I see it's Erigeron canadensis (formerly Conyza canadensis) more usually known as Candadianan fleabane, which is certainly a good contender. And also a possibility for all the other nondescript michaelmas-daisy like plants that have popped up on the other id threads.

Very interesting, thank you. I didn't know that about salvia.

I hadn't heard of horseweed either, but when I Googled it yesterday it seems to have quite a lot of medicinal purposes. Looks like it cures everything from hiccups to a broken leg (nearly anyway)!

Salvia is a member of the dead nettle family Lamiaceae, and it's a feature of the Lamiaceae to have opposite leaves and a square stem. Many of the members contain aromatic oils, so we use them as herbs - eg mint, savory, thyme, marjoram, oregano, lavender, rosemary.

Totally lost guys, if it flowers I'll post a picture

There’s is also a type of deep purple, flowering salvia sold as a plant at garden centres.

Having seen the other photos though, I don’t think it is one either now 😬

Whatever it is, very attractive foliage.

Purple would fit with my colour scheme; but I dont think I planted there - all I thought I planted there were bulbs/corms