Tiny seedlings identities
Hi there
It's a long shot, I realise these could be literally anything but does anyone recognise these tiny seedlings in my flower bed?They are all concentrated in one area. I can't figure it out - around them are only growing dahlias, roses and calendulas.
The funny thing is,
They don't look dissimilar to these temperamental primula seeds I sowed in a pot weeks ago which seem to emerge then flop over, emerge then flop over...but they are quite far away from the flower bed. Could some of them have escaped and gone into the ground?
Or is it just something else, a weed perhaps that I just need to rake over? Thing is it doesn't look like any other weed seedlings I've seen over the course of the summer...
Thanks in advance.
Last edited: 09 September 2016 14:08:26
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There's a few foxgloves in there too wakeshine. Could be primulas - they do look like that when tiny.
A little clump of bittercress - top left corner of pic. Small green rounded leaves and reddish stems. Pull that out before it flowers and seeds
There's also something half way down the right hand side of the 1st pic which has emptied a load of seeds by the look of it!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Wow, you have a hawk-eye Fairygirl, thank you.
That dried flower head is a cowslip. I left it there on purpose as I wanted more. But it didn't have that many seeds in it so I didn't think all these seedlings were from that. I need to go and check if it is definitely empty.
You could see the foxgloves in these? The flower bed is literally full of foxglove seedlings elsewhere, but they're much bigger and I didn't notice them looking like these tiny seedlings at the initial stages. Can you see more amongst these?
They can all look quite similar at that early stage wakeshine, but you might want to wait till things are a bit bigger and then take out what you don't want. The big one at the top looked foxglove-y to me, but it may be my eyesight...
I think primulas seed about very easily. I had a nice little group of polyanthus at the front gate earlier in the year. They came from a polyanthus I bought for pennies when I moved in here a few years ago. I'll wait till they flower to see what colour they are and then plant them in a suitable spot. Handy ground cover
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi Aym yes but in baskets..those have self seeded on the driveway!
Thanks all, will leave them and see what they are. Holliehock I have hundred of foxglove seedlings - didn't even have any foxgloves this year so not sure where they've come from, unless they are last years.....