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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 14, 2021 7:02:47 GMT
Not Weigele is it?
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 14, 2021 7:07:01 GMT
I'm not sure Rosefriend, I may have to wait until springtime to see more of it or if it flowers...
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Post by Tig on Oct 14, 2021 10:44:47 GMT
I'm with RF LG, definitely looks like one of the variegated weigelas to me. I have w. florida with pale pink flowers but there have been a few more on the market, several have redder flowers. Something to look forward too.
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 15, 2021 9:33:27 GMT
I'm with RF LG, definitely looks like one of the variegated weigelas to me. I have w. florida with pale pink flowers but there have been a few more on the market, several have redder flowers. Something to look forward too. Thanks Tig and Rosefriend. I do like the leaves of this one. I think maybe it was one of the shrubs we bought last year that did'nt have names on them. I think there's another one somewhere else in the garden from the same time too. Indeed, something to look forward too.
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 30, 2021 14:05:05 GMT
I dug up 2 of these little seedlings from my new bed yesterday. I thought at first that they were lupin seedlings but on closer inspection the lupin type leaf is more of a rosette with the growing point in the middle. Can anyone recognise what this might be? Rosefriend, Ladygardener, Tig, maggy, Barbara, AuriculaThank you!
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Post by Tig on Oct 30, 2021 14:15:02 GMT
Lupin seedling I reckon 👍
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Post by Auricula on Oct 30, 2021 14:38:06 GMT
Not sure
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 30, 2021 14:54:37 GMT
No I don't think it's Lupin Jasmine but I'm not sure what it might be. It's often very difficult to tell at that stage is'nt it.
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 30, 2021 16:04:01 GMT
Thank you everyone, guess all will be revealed at some point!
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 5, 2021 13:30:17 GMT
Rosefriend, Ladygardener, Tig, maggy, Barbara, AuriculaHad to share as I can't believe I've nurtured these little horrors! Turns out my seedlings are Galium aparine...aka sticky weed It makes perfect sense as I mulched the new bed with the soil from the potato pots which were by the hedge that is riddled with the stuff. That whole bed is going to need constant de-sticky weeding through summer I only worked out what they were because as they've grown in the relative warmth of the lobby they've developed those sticky hairs!!!
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Post by Barbara on Nov 5, 2021 17:50:54 GMT
Oh dear Jasmine, not good , you will have to stay on top of weeding next spring, can you cover the bed with something to stop them germinating? my allotment friend uses cardboard
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 5, 2021 17:57:52 GMT
Good idea Barbara, as the bed only has a few things in at the minute.
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Post by Ladygardener on Nov 6, 2021 8:20:56 GMT
They're a right pain Jasmine, we have them here outside the fence and some inside too, I should have recognised your seedling. At least you know and they're easy enough to pull up if you get them early, the problem starts when they're bigger and they break leaving more root to make more plants.
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 6, 2021 9:59:56 GMT
Spot on Ladygardener! We didn't used to have a problem here but I think Jessie dog brought them in on her coat many years ago and now they are everywhere. They are unusual in that they grow bigger out of their centre so it's one whorl of leaves after another. Brown bin for them now they aren't lupins!!!
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Post by Dutchy on Nov 7, 2021 10:28:45 GMT
One can eat them though.... not nice but a good source of vitamin C. Some bung them in their salads.
Maybe there is a hedgerow recipe for them to be found.
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Post by Ladygardener on Nov 8, 2021 8:35:32 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 8, 2021 10:00:48 GMT
What a versatile little weed Ladygardener, and Dutchy! I will try and look at it differently now!
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 7, 2022 12:09:16 GMT
Do any of you lovely folk recognise this flower..
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 8, 2022 7:38:15 GMT
It puts me in mind of a Zinnia Jasmine, maybe one grown in a hothouse...
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Post by owdboggy on Apr 8, 2022 8:19:11 GMT
Reminds me of a Chinese Aster. Callistephus chinensis.
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 8, 2022 8:33:46 GMT
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Post by Barbara on May 14, 2022 14:27:33 GMT
This is coming through from next door, any one know what it is please
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Post by Rosefriend on May 14, 2022 15:08:23 GMT
My immediate thought was Ground elder...is it?
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Post by Barbara on May 14, 2022 18:51:24 GMT
Don't say that Rosefriend, I don't know what it is, I must go and ask the neighbour if she does.
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Post by Jasmine on May 15, 2022 8:40:38 GMT
It looks like ground elder to me Barbara, and if it's on the other side of the fence your neighbour will have to deal with it too. We had a clump down our fence which I dug out bit my bit and then weed killed the few bits that showed up over time. I think it has gone from next door now as their hedges are so out of control.
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Post by Jasmine on May 15, 2022 8:41:46 GMT
If it's any consolation I found it quite therapeutic finding every last white root and finally getting shot of it. Sorry for the rubbish news.
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Post by Barbara on May 15, 2022 9:30:52 GMT
I shall make a start on rooting it out today. thanks for the answers Rosefriend, and Jasmine, even though I didn't want to hear I did suspect it was that.
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Post by Jasmine on May 15, 2022 9:53:15 GMT
On the bright side Barbara it's better than Japanese Knotweed or Mare's Tail
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Post by Barbara on May 15, 2022 15:30:27 GMT
I have mares tail in the front garden , I pull at least 15 a day.
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Post by Barbara on May 16, 2022 6:52:27 GMT
I pulled out all that I could and Lynn did the same on her side, then I sprayed with weed killer, I will do the same next week and see how we go, I head butted the metal ladders coming out from spraying behind the shed.
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