Another plant ID please

[iamreally]

I noticed this coming up in the garden, and have absolutely no clue whether this is a weed or something spectacular!

I don't think it's a weed. It's a perennial maybe astilibe

I'm going to say NOT astilbe. It looks too "fleshy" for that. However I don't have a useful counter suggestion. I'd like to see a bit more development before I committed a best guess.

Peony?

I thought maybe a peony too, but if like to see it in a week's time. Definitely worth waiting to find out! Could also maybe be a sucker from something like a sumach? (Wild guess)

I'm guessing a peony too.... hope it is!

Looks like Peony to me as well.

Thanks all! I initially though peony, but I can't remember planting one in the front garden, and the peonies in the back garden are already in bud. I will keep an eye and see how it progresses!

It looks a little like my bleeding heart does when it’s just sprouted.

Ooh, I wonder, Swanshaped!

It's not Japanese knotweed is it?

@IsItTimeForGinYet I really bloody hope not - our only saving grace is that there isn't any evidence of it in or around locally. Will be posting another picture once it's a bit bigger!

@SwanShaped

It looks a little like my bleeding heart does when it’s just sprouted.

very late if it is. Mine is in full flower, almost over

I hope it isn't too! I put your photo into the plant finder app and that's what it came up with... fingers crossed!

Yeah I thought that after I said it. My bleeding heart is also in full bloom

A little update - doesn't seem to be Japanese Knotweed 😅 I have also found another 3 planted pretty strategically so I think it's definitely something I have planted, but buggered if I can remember what it is!

@IsItTimeForGinYet

I hope it isn't too! I put your photo into the plant finder app and that's what it came up with... fingers crossed!

Thus demonstrating that plant apps aren't all they're claimed to be.

We are going to need regular updates now OP (totally over invested here)

So another update!
3 out of the 4 plants have been munched by the slugs ( so if it is Japanese Knotweed, I am sitting on the solution to the problem🤑🤑🤑)
However, here is a picture or the remaining plant ( which was hiding under a tulip leaf!

Yay - this is what it looks like now - any ideas?

Looks like acanthus (bears breeches) to me. Slugs love them but they are utterly indestructible despite that.

Although on a second look the earlier photos don't look like acanthus - the leaves seem more delicate and the colour is different.

Hoping that someone can solve the mystery of what this plant is - here it is in bloom- was a lovely surprise!

I don't know why I click on these threads as I never know, however I do like that plant so now pmk to find out.

@Crockof I think we did find out 😀
Gorgeous OP, thanks for the update.

It looks a bit like a mallow of some kind - but I'm not sure about the leaves.