Good weed or bad weed ID please

Skylarks

My front garden is really overgrown with weeds, it gets like this every year 🙈. I’m hoping to pull up some of the grasses and any bad weeds this weekend. There are some pretty flowers on some of them so I don’t want to pull everything out. I’m going to try planting some cornflowers, forget me nots and foxgloves - they are the seeds I have at the moment. Can I just randomly sprinkle them on the ground?

Could someone tell me which are bad please? I’m keeping the Welsh poppies as the bees seem to like them. There’s also a thick green patch developing 2 and have no idea what’s there. I’d also like to keep 6 as that has some pretty pink/purple flowers. 

3 is something that is growing on the house next door which is currently empty. 

Thanks

BobTheGardener

You have a lot of really common weeds there:

1) is Geum urbanum (wood avens), seeds like mad. Bad in my book.

2) is more of the same with dandelions growing through.  Something else coming up there with long thin serrated leaves but not sure what.

3) is Centranthus ruber (Red valerian.)  Bad in my book because of it growing in cracks.

4) is an Ash tree seedling.  Very bad (potentially a 100 ft tree) and needs removing or killing with brushwood killer.

5) can't tell - need close-up.  Rub it and smell - may be thyme (a goodie.)

6) Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) - a pretty but pungeant wild flower which pulls-up easily if you don't like it.  Seeds like mad.

Skylarks

There’s also this growing all around my back garden. Any idea what it is please? Is it possible to collect the seeds and sow in the front? I can’t work out where the seeds as as I can’t see any at the moment. 

Palustris

Skylark, that is wild violet. Pretty but an awful seed weed.

BobTheGardener

Those are Viola riviniana (Dog violet) - see the photo of the seeds capsules here:

http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/common-dog-violet

Skylarks

Thank you, I best start pulling stuff up and get the weed killer out. 

5 doesn’t smell like thyme. Here’s a close up.

Why are the wild violets bed please? Thanks for the link to the photo of the seeds Bob.

B3

Spurge. Its a weed. Let centranthus grow and see if you like it they come in white, pink or a sort of red. I like them particularly the reddish one.

Fairygirl

You've also got willow herb. It's just to the right of the number 6 in your photo.
Seeds like mad. 
I wouldn't keep any of them if it was me, but others may disagree 

You can certainly sprinkle your seeds direct, but I'd get rid of the weeds first so that you're starting with a relatively clean slate. Your 'nicer' seeds won't stand a chance otherwise. 

Skylarks

Thank you all. I’m pulling a lot up and using weed killer on some which I can’t seem to get out by the roots. 

Lyn

I wouldn’t keep any of it either.

Bijdezee

I would clear it all and start again by sowing a few packets of wildflower or bee friendly seeds. 

Maybe some herbs etc, as wildlife really like those, also lavender.