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Plant id please

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3orangekissesfromkazan · 02/05/2021 15:50

Anyone know what the first plant is and if the second is just a weed?

Plant id please
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Melstarrynight · 02/05/2021 15:58

That looks like a plantain.

Melstarrynight · 02/05/2021 15:59

As in ribwort plantain, not the banana type

sadpapercourtesan · 02/05/2021 15:59

I'd say the first is a ribwort plantain and the second is scarlet pimpernel...but I could be wrong!

Honeywort · 02/05/2021 16:00

Agree plantain and I’d say chickweed for the other - willsoon have small white flowers if so

3orangekissesfromkazan · 02/05/2021 16:19

Thanks 😊

Is the chickweed good for bees/ worth keeping or should I dig it up?

Last one.. what is this? It's growing under the fence from next door.

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Beebumble2 · 02/05/2021 16:25

That’s Euphorbia, it spreads by runners, hence coming under fence. The sap can be an irritant. I wear gloves when removing the dead heads.
I would consider the first two plants to be weeds and remove them.

Honeywort · 02/05/2021 16:25

That’s euphorbia or wood spurge. Milky sap which can irritate skin quite badly. Grows well in difficult situations like dry shade and I like it picked with eg tulips but it is a bit of an invasive thug and you need to keep an eye on it,

Honeywort · 02/05/2021 16:26

I’d pull up the chickweed (if it is that)

MereDintofPandiculation · 02/05/2021 23:01

All three of them are UK native plants

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