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Another ID one please - plant app doesn’t know!

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Mykittensmittens · 21/05/2022 13:48

Popped up in a couple of weeks. Garden glove for scale!! Thanks.

Another ID one please - plant app doesn’t know!
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iknowimcoming · 21/05/2022 13:54

Looks like foxgloves to me although my first thought was primrose

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Mykittensmittens · 21/05/2022 14:09

Thanks. I agree the veined leaf does look like a primrose but isn’t it a bit late for one to appear?

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SpiderVersed · 21/05/2022 14:14

I’d say foxglove. Primroses are a bit more rounded at the ends of leaves, I think.

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BridgesofMadisonfan · 21/05/2022 14:23

I think primrose

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SoupDragon · 21/05/2022 14:24

I think it's too late for primrose - mine were up at least a month ago and have now finished and are dying back

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Mykittensmittens · 21/05/2022 16:39

Thank you. We live backing onto woods so foxglove is possible. But the ones we have are massive compared to this little thing. My primroses are massive and a different shaped leaf.

I’m going to leave it alone and see what happens - it’s all an experiment I guess!

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RIPWalter · 21/05/2022 16:41

Borage

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grxxxx · 21/05/2022 16:43

Wrong shape for primrose and late
salvia ?

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Wallywobbles · 21/05/2022 16:52

Lemon verbena?

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Wallywobbles · 21/05/2022 16:53

What do the crushed leaves smell like?

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londonmummy1966 · 21/05/2022 16:57

Its probably a first year self seeded foxglove - as they are biennials they only produce leaves in the first year and flower in the second. This is why the leaves are small.

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AlisonDonut · 21/05/2022 17:03

Wallywobbles · 21/05/2022 16:52

Lemon verbena?

???

Definitely not Lemon Verbena. Or primrose.

I think one of the plants has flowers forming there at the top which makes me thing Borage. Foxglove leaves are smoother.

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LiveintheNow · 21/05/2022 17:14

Verbascum?

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YanTanTetheraPetheraPimp · 21/05/2022 17:26

Primula? Hollyhock?

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Shinyandnew1 · 21/05/2022 17:28

It looks like a primula/primrose but mine have all flowered and gone by now.

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Wallywobbles · 22/05/2022 07:50

Turns out I meant lemon balm.

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MereDintofPandiculation · 22/05/2022 10:03

Definitely not primrose (leaves not all in a single rosette, and the wrong shape), foxglove (too wrinkly) or borage. Think @Wallywobbles is nearest as I think it’s in the mint family, although not lemon balm. Does it have any sort of smell? Is the stem round or square?

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nythbran2 · 22/05/2022 10:16
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Halsall · 22/05/2022 15:54

Another vote for borage from me.

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