What are these in my bed?

[Twoshoesnewshoes]

Are these actual flowers that I possibly planted as seed last autumn?
or do I need to get weeding?
can’t actually remember what/ if I planted! 😂

They look very familiar but I just can’t remember what they are. I’m posting my useless answer because you haven’t any replies.

im pretty sure they are not weeds (although I can see a dandelion in the top of the picture).

Id keep them, you can always pull them up later. Just remember weeds are just plants in the wrong place. Plus all British weeds and plants evolved for a purpose - to be part of the food/reproductive ecosystem from insects to bats and birds. So keep them.

Okay, good plan, thank you. I’ll take the dandelion out…though I do leave some in the lawn for the bishybarnabees!

Pretty sure that's a self seeded plant so probably a weed, not exactly sure what type. I get lots of these and tend to pull them out if I can be bothered. Agree with @Iamnotawinp it's only a weed if you don't want it.

Forget me knots, I think. I absolutely love them, so pretty

Yes so true, I’ll wait and see!

They look like rosettes of common lawn daisy (Bellis perennis) to me

Bellis perennis rosettes are a bit flatter to the ground, and leaves more obviously hairy, aren’t they? But it does have a feeling of Asteraceae (daisy family) about it.

From the perkiness of the rosettes, I was expecting an Epilobium (willowherb) species but leaf shape is wrong. I would definitely be leaving that until its identity became more obvious.

Actually @MereDintofPandiculation, on closer inspection of the picture, I think you are correct that they are an epilobium species!

I'd err on the side of caution and whip those out. They look suspiciously weed like to me, especially with that healthy looking dandelion in and amongst. They look too shiny for forget me nots, which seed like mad anyway.

What constitutes a 'weed' is purely subjective - many wild flowers which others might refer to as a 'weed' are stunningly beautiful, often more so than their cultivated cousins. If I were to start another garden from scratch I would, as an experiment, like to plant it with nothing but native wild flowers and shrubs. If, for example, you had to purchase a dandelion from a nursery or garden centre, at great expense, you would probably nurture and cherish it and show it off to all your visitors. But, since they are regarded by tidy minded 'gardeners' as a weed, they are unceremoniously ripped out!

Could they be lambs lettuce?

www.wildfooduk.com/edible-wild-plants/lambs-lettuce/

This?

gettinfreshblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/delicious-mouse-ear-chickweed/

They’re smoother than the chickweed.
yes they do look like lambs lettuce 😂

I definitely planted some seeds…

Could they be shasta daisies?

Oh, just googled them, not those.

My plant id app suggests European Speedwell but it's not always accurate..,

The slight gloss on the leaves suggests lambs lettuce to me as well. It's common where I am and I've found it in many gardens. If it is lambs lettuce, you can eat it. Tasty stuff.

I thought about that and dismissed it. But looking close it's possible to imagine they have the characteristic bifurcating growth. If they are, it won't be long till you can confirm it, when the tiny blue flowers appear. And if it is, I'd advocating eating it, but not so much that you lose the seeds for next year.

They're not "weedy' enough for mouse-ear chickweed, and not hairy enough for the similar common mouse ear.

Actually @MereDintofPandiculation, on closer inspection of the picture, I think you are correct that they are an epilobium species It's the leaf bases I'm worried about - they look too abruptly tapered, too "space-like". That could be a trick of the photo angle, it'd be so much easier to identify if we could see the plant. Habit is definitely right for the smaller Epilobium species.

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