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CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 547
Good morning can anyone help me identify any keepers or weeds please? Thankyou 

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  • bullfinchbullfinch Posts: 640
    If the 4th one has a 'stingy' feel when you touch it it might be green alkanet, I treat it like a weed.
    The last one looks like some sort of dandelion maybe?
    I want to guess at teasel for the first 2, don't know the 3rd one sorry.
    There's also some primroses in 2 and 5.
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,323
    1 and 2 I think Teasel as well.
    3 is Evening primrose.
    4 Don't know.
    5 I don't think a dandelion, more a Hawkbit type, the leaf looks thicker, softer, slightly hairy/fuzzy?
  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 547
    Thankyou bullfinch and rubytoo. Should I keep the teasel one? Not sure what that will look like? 
  • bullfinchbullfinch Posts: 640
    I like teasels, so do goldfinches! They can get quite tall, and are spikey  so it depends if you are going to get snagged by them when you walk past.
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,323
    edited May 2019
    bullfinch is right about the finches, also bees love the little purple flowers.
    https://www.ediblewildfood.com/teasel.aspx
    The photos bit scrolls through so you can see it at different times of year. You will recognize it once you see it :)
    They are a bit spikey but you don't have to touch them :D

    If you dig down carefully they have a long tap rot, you could move them if they were in the way at this stage as they do not look very old or big yet.

  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 547
    Thankyou both that’s really helpful 😁
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