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Wildflowers that have self-seeded in my garden

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PrincessFiorimonde · 08/08/2025 20:21

Does anyone have any ideas what these three wildflowers are?

(I don't have a smartphone, so I can't use a plant identification app.)

Many thanks in advance.

Wildflowers that have self-seeded in my garden
Wildflowers that have self-seeded in my garden
Wildflowers that have self-seeded in my garden
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WildCherryBlossom · 08/08/2025 20:24

Ooh lucky you! The lighter pink one could be a valerian. Is it very fragrant?

Yamadori · 08/08/2025 21:14

I recognise the last one, but can't remember the name of it. I'll be back.

DorothyWainwright · 08/08/2025 21:17

The first one looks a bit like a pink verbascum. But the leaves aren't clear.
I have self seeded verbascum in my garden. Bombproof now it's bedded in and it's slowly spreading around the street I may have helped it to do this. Bees love it.

pinkgown · 09/08/2025 00:27

No idea about the first. The second is wild marjoram and the third looks like it may be figwort.

EleanorMc67 · 09/08/2025 00:38

Lythrum (purple loosestrife), Oregano (the herb, edible), & Scrophularia (figwort).

PrincessFiorimonde · 09/08/2025 11:52

Many thanks!

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WildCherryBlossom · 09/08/2025 12:36

How tall is the second one? I don’t think it is marjoram / oregano but happy to stand corrected. Roughly whereabouts are you OP?

Istheworldmadorisitme · 13/08/2025 08:51

EleanorMc67 · 09/08/2025 00:38

Lythrum (purple loosestrife), Oregano (the herb, edible), & Scrophularia (figwort).

I think you need to be careful telling people that they have an edible herb in their garden. The top right picture is most probably valerian and not oregano/majoram.

EleanorMc67 · 13/08/2025 16:25

Istheworldmadorisitme · 13/08/2025 08:51

I think you need to be careful telling people that they have an edible herb in their garden. The top right picture is most probably valerian and not oregano/majoram.

I wouldn't if I was not absolutely certain! It's definitely not valerian, it's Origanum vulgare. I'm a Landscape Architect & garden designer with an ecological background. And have the very same plant growing in my garden. I also don't use Google Lens if I'm unsure of anything, as it's a danger! Flora Incognito is what horticulturalists etc use & I'd recommend - it was developed by scientists & rarely wrong.

EleanorMc67 · 13/08/2025 16:28

OP - if you're at all unsure, rub the leaves of the one that I've said is Origanum vulgare. It will have a pleasant herbal smell like dried oregano/marjoram (same plant family & uses in the kitchen - the flowers are edible too & make a beautiful garnish).

pinkgown · 14/08/2025 00:54

As I said above I've always understood the second one to be wild marjoram and I have it in my garden. Origanum vulgare, it seems as pp said. Anyhow I have used it for years when a recipe calls for marjoram!
Butterflies love it too. It grows wild in our very weedy lawn.

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