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BalaBala Posts: 113
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Hi  could you help me identify if this is a weed.

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thanks

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  • LynLyn Posts: 21,413
    1st one is sorrel, 2nd is Aquilegia. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 7,953
    1 is dock, definitely a weed.  It has a long tap root and will re-grow if you leave any bits in the ground.

    2 is Aquilegia, common name Granny's Bonnets.  Not a weed, though it may seed itself around your garden - just pull up seedlings in the wrong place.   :)
    "The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life."  Rabindranath Tagore
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    edited May 2020
    The first one looks like more like Broad leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius):
    and the second is a wild aquilegia.


    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • LynLyn Posts: 21,413
    What is the difference between dock and Sorrel? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BalaBala Posts: 113
    Thank you So much. 
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 7,953
    I think they're both Rumex, @Lyn, but sorrel has narrower, arrow-shaped leaves and isn't quite as much of a thug as dock...
    "The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life."  Rabindranath Tagore
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    What we call sorrel (Sheep's sorrel) is Rumex acetosella, closely related:

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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