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Garden id x2 please

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littleredberries · 12/07/2021 07:32

I'm a beginner. I threw some seeds down in May without 100% knowing what I was sowing (mixed bee-friendly packet).

These two plants are growing in my garden a lot. They weren't here last year but they look like "weeds"! Before I pull them out, however, I just want to check what they are.

Can anyone help? Much obliged!

Garden id x2 please
Garden id x2 please
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MereDintofPandiculation · 12/07/2021 08:49

First one looks like one of the Chenopodiums (Fat Hen, Good King Henry, Aztec Broccoli and the like). Does it have a white mealy covering on the new leaves? I think I can see some suggestion of it in the picture. They are edible (leaves used like spinach or in salads) but I'd strongly advise you against eating until someone who knows about plants has seen it in the flesh to confirm the id.

Second one could be a number of things. I thought first about Enchanter's nightshade, but it's too branched for that. I think it's most likely to be black nightshade (the berries of which can be eaten but again I strongly advise against) or it could be shoo-fly which definitely shouldn't be eaten, but which is rather pretty. Wait till you have flowers, then come back for a better id.

Both of these will be easy to uproot so there's no harm in waiting for flowers to get a firm id.

littleredberries · 12/07/2021 09:08

I think you are right about the enchanters nightshade. I have seen it two doors down. I don't want it so that one can certainly go! Thank you

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littleredberries · 04/08/2021 10:16

Not sure it is enchanter's nightshade after all. Can anyone help?

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NanTheWiser · 04/08/2021 12:23

It looks more like Black nightshade.

MereDintofPandiculation · 04/08/2021 23:24

Yes, black nightshade. That's a Solanum flower (black nightshade is S. nigrum). Enchanter's nightshade is so called because the leaves are similar, but the flowers are quite different showing it's not in the same family as the nightshades.

littleredberries · 05/08/2021 14:28

Thanks. Pulling them up like mad. I have an 18m old and these plants are everywhere!

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