Do I want these in my garden?

[RumNotRun]

Last year I scattered my garden with wildflower/bee garden seeds. All I got were different kinds of grasses (I think), no flowers. This year seems to be doing a bit better, well, I had dandelions so a bit of colour at least 😁

I have the following plants growing but have no idea what they are, and apart from two, I don't know if they're going to flower. I probably won't get rid of them cause they have chosen to grow so who am I to stand in their way, but I was hoping someone could identify them and maybe warn me if one is likely to take over or something.

I may have to do this in a couple of posts as the app often doesn't like me doing photos!

No 3 is a honeysuckle I think, a beautiful and often very fragrant climber, very attractive to bees, butterflies/moths and some birds.

First one is Valerian.
Yes it does stink, once I pick them up and brought home as a lovely wildflower bouquet and put in on the table, my hubby was walking around, sniffing but couldn't figure out where the smell comes from, I didn't tell him.🤪

Honeysuckle does have opposite leaves, but so does Hypericum

Stems are too rigid for a climbing Honeysuckle, and growth habit suggests Hypericum.

No, not Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) but Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber), a completely different species. Here's a picture of Valerian showing the very different leaves and the different flower colour/ All though Red Valerian can have white flowers, they are pure white, and not pale pink.

Gardeners have a bad habit of referring to Red Valerian as "Valerian" and Dotted Loosestrife as "Yellow Loosestrife". Causes a lot of confusion.

Valerian really spreads all over on my garden. I have learnt to pull it out when I see it now.

I also thought no. 3 was honeysuckle!

Interesting though to know that what I have growing in one of my gutters is called Herb Robert! I do tend to pull it up when I find it in the garden