Are any of these Aubretia?

mandyroberts99

I planted Aubretia seeds direct in the ground as advised on packet and haven't weeded the patch as I couldn't tell what was Aubretia and what was weed. Are any of these Aubretia seedlings? Do I need to let everything grow another couple of weeks? I'm pretty sure the first pic is a weed

Skandi

The first one is clover, the second is fat hen with a nettle in the background and I think number 3 is Good king henry. In the very last pitcure the seedlings at the bottom of the picture, it's hard to tell they could still be weeds but they could be Aubretia.

BobTheGardener

Agree, all of the larger ones are weeds so pull those up but keep the small ones.  I find aubretia needs sowing in seed trays as they develop very slowly at first and need a bit of tlc.  I prick them out and grow then on in 9cm pots, pinching them out occasionally until they are about 3-4 inches high and bushy before planting out.  I have clay soil though, so most things need a bit of a head start like that here. 

mandyroberts99

Thanks both! My seed sowing (first time) isn't going well.....

Liriodendron

If you sow them in a pot or tray of commercial compost you'll be pretty sure that what comes up is what you've sown.  I've been gardening for 60 years but STILL, this year, I sowed my mixed salad leaves direct into recently-weedy soil, forgetting that when the seedlings emerged there would be some I wouldn't recognise, and I'm having to be very careful only to eat leaves which are definitely mixed salad, not some noxious weed...  

Bijdezee

This is why I always sow mine in seed trays otherwise I would forget and weed them out