Is there any chance there are not weeds?

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I recall scattering some seeds a friend sent me + some foxglove seeds.

I fear the bigger ones are those horrible furry- feeling weeds with the blue flowers though.

Anyone have any idea?

Your last photo with the paler green plants are actually lovely oriental poppies.

Oh great! There's loads of those too!

Thanks!

Could the larger ones be Foxgloves? 🤔

Poppies and foxgloves.

Thanks @lancashirelady

I have wasn't sure if they were FG's as I get a lot if those horrible weedy blue flowered plants that have similar shaped leaves.

Yes - I think they are that weed you mention (green alkanet). They tend to be much more bristly than foxgloves.

Yes, I also think the ones on the left and middle are green alkanet (the horrible weed with small blue flowers and furry leaves). I don’t think they’re foxgloves unfortunately

I don't think they are foxgloves either.

the one in the second picture I would say is green alkanet. The ones in the first picture I'd hang on to a bit longer. I think the ones with three leaflets in the second picture may be wild roses.

What is the weed you are all talking about? I thought blue flowers sounded quite nice

I think they are green alkanet

I love them, personally, I've just planted one in my wildflower garden

First two are def the horrible furry blue weed and last one is a self seeding poppy

um, borage/alkanet is one of the best flowers that you can have for bees etc as it refills very rapidly with nectar. Maybe transplant them to the back of beds?

Exactly, it's beautiful and it's fantastic for bees, butterflies and other insect life. And nothing else has quite that shade of blue.

It's so interesting that some plants are considered "weeds" and that's that. Borage is a very close relative and lots of people grow that.

I love borage

My foxgloves are coming up from seed now. Would a photo help for comparison ?!

I think they are a little bit too pointy to be foxglove leaves.

You can eat borage too. Borage for courage as my Grandma always said. Fab for bees, looks lovely in a salad and a rather beautiful colour.

@Mykittensmittens yes please!

I've just found a potentially useful site - a list of weeds/wildflowers with photos. I'd say green alkanet more likely than foxgloves though they do look somewhat alike to start with.

www.gardenwithoutdoors.org.uk/weed_guide

Alkanet. Pain in the bum. Been trying to get rid of it for ages but it's hard to do.

@ErrolTheDragon thanks for that

um, borage/alkanet is one of the best flowers that you can have for bees borage and alkanet are two different flowers.

It's so interesting that some plants are considered "weeds" and that's that. Borage is a very close relative and lots of people grow that. Other close relatives are forget-me-not, Brunnera, Pulmonaria

First two pictures are Pentaglossis ( AKA Green Alkanet), a beautiful, if invasive, wild flower, related to Borage, Comfrey, Anchusa and Echiums. As has been said, very important for bees and other pollinating insects and actually a very pretty plant, in its own way.

Agree with MereDint that the small seedlings in your second picture could well be wild rose seedlings, possibly even, if you are very lucky, Burnett Rose