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Are These Weeds?

TimmyMagicTimmyMagic Posts: 132
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#1 - This one looks like it could grow into something so I don't want to remove unless it's a weed.



#2 - Lots of these growing in the flower bed... pretty blue flowers but I suspect this is a weed, right?



#3 - Weed?



#4 - Lots of these leaves have sprouted up. Any ideas?



#5 - I don't think these are weeds. Could they be phlox? Or something else?



Thanks.
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  • LynLyn Posts: 21,411
    edited April 2019
    1. Bluebell
    2 Forget me nots.
    3 Foxgloves and a thistle in the bottom left corner.
    4 Lords and ladies. (Arum maculatum)
    5 that could well be phlox 

    I’d pull that goose grass out before it covers the garden, unless you like it of course. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 8,234
    edited April 2019
    1 is bluebells, most likely Spanish (they're a weed in my garden)
    2 is forget-me-not (prolific self-sower, pull out any that are where you don't want them)
    3. Could be a verbascum? Dandelions or something similar to the left of the picture, and a it of something that could be geum bottom right.
    4 Arum
    5. Not sure, looks a bit like one of the tall perennial asters.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • TimmyMagicTimmyMagic Posts: 132
    Wow, thanks for the responses. This is my first full season gardening. I started last summer to keep it looking nice for my mum. She would have known these, but is no longer here to ask unfortunately. 
  • TimmyMagicTimmyMagic Posts: 132
    Lyn said:

    I’d pull that goose grass out before it covers the garden, unless you like it of course. 
    Do you mean the sticky stuff in the last picture? 

    I just started doing some weeding today and will crack on with it... as there's lots!
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 8,234
    Keep asking the questions, we're always happy to try and help. I'm sure your Mum would be proud of you for taking on the garden.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LynLyn Posts: 21,411
    The goose grass flowers then sets seed heads that stick to your jumper, or your cat.😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 33,769
    goose grass? In Scotland we called it Sticky Willy.
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 21,411
    We’re posh down yer in Debn Hosta 😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 33,769
    at least Sticky Willy is vaguely descriptive, it's neither a grass, nor does it have anything to do with geese that I know of. 
    Devon.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 8,234
    My old neigbour called it sticky willy as well, and she was Yorkshire through and through.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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