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Tall but unsure what is what

JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 969
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here are two tall plants growing in my tubs.... one I posted a couple of weeks ago seemed to be cosmos...but is now definitely looking like that is wrong. The others I know I planted some biannuals last year but tags have gone awry... I was thinking possibly larkspur, delphiniums or hollyhocks but I’m really not sure as leaves shown on internet pickiest seem to concentrate on the flowers so no clear leaf shapes!   Any ideas?
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    edited May 2019
    1st still looks like cosmos to me, although it could well be annual delphinium (larkspur) as you say.  They can grow very tall.  Haven't ever grown anything which resembles the 2nd!
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • B3B3 Posts: 25,231
    First one seems to have multiple flower buds. Ive never seen a cosmos with that. Larkspur looks like a possibility to me too.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 969
    Yes B3 there are multiple buds on each branch which was why I changed my mind about the cosmos idea. 
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 16,695
    Intriguing, should be in flower soon.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 16,695
    Could the first one be Adonis annua  (red flowers if so.) Also called pheasants eye plant.
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 969
    Oh. If it was Adonis annua I would be thrilled, just looked it up on google... so pretty... but If it is I definitely did not plant it. In a strange way the not being sure is exciting.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 16,695
    Keep us posted when they flower. Maybe the birds scattered a seed.
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 969
    Will do. Can’t help loving a mystery.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 969
    So plant number one is finally flowering. Sparce  white and green flowers. Any ideas? The bees seem to like it.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,870
    Larkspur 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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