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Help me identify these wildflowers/weeds

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PlanetSaturn · 18/10/2025 15:50

Both of these popped up pretty much overnight in huge numbers but I’m not sure if I weed them or leave them.

The first ones are in my effort at a meadow area. I scattered some wildflower seeds over disturbed earth so maybe it’s a wildflower? But they popped up disturbingly quickly after scattering the seeds so maybe they were in the soil just waiting. It’s the ones with an almost angular leaf.

Second pic - no clue!

Pics will appear eventually.

Help me identify these wildflowers/weeds
Help me identify these wildflowers/weeds
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RollerSkateLikePeggy · 18/10/2025 16:27

The second one looks a bit like speedwell, but I don't think it is so I'll just bump this for you!

SleepingisanArt · 18/10/2025 17:00

2nd is identified as Speedwell by Google image search - it's a wildflower but identified by most as a weed. The 1st image looks like Wall Lettuce which is a weed (aka native perennial) which looks like a tall skinny dandelion and can grow to 60cm tall. You might have both in your wildflower mix - did it say what the mix is? I definitely wouldn't want the wall lettuce (I've weeded loads out this year - the bees have plenty of other things they prefer!)

PlanetSaturn · 18/10/2025 17:30

I’m not sure if the first one is wall lettuce - looking at pics online, the leaves of that are longer/more dandelion-like 🤔 I’ll let it grow a bit and see what it turns out like.

I didn’t keep the wildflower seed packet - it was a freebie. I looked at pics of the plants typically included in classic wildflower seed mixes and drew a blank.

Speedwell looks quite nice so it can stay for now. Thank you both ☺️

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