The garden in our new house is growing fast but I'm not sure what's what. Can anyone help by telling me what these plants are and whether or not I should keep them? Thank you!
Top picture Linaria and Poppies. Second picture I am not too sure about. Third picture is a Sedum. Fourth picture look like Hellebore leaves. Keep them all until someone can ID picture two for certain
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
That sure looks like it vickij. It needs to be dug out carefully as each bit of broken root left behind will regenerate. Difficult to use a weedkiller because of it being so close to your other plants. If you decide to move any of these then check their roots carefullt to make sure none of the Ground Elder roots are entwined in them
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
Could 2 be one of those tall campanulas, I've got loads of it here, looks like that before flowering. Maybe wait for some flowers on that one for a positive ID
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Top picture Linaria and Poppies. Second picture I am not too sure about. Third picture is a Sedum. Fourth picture look like Hellebore leaves. Keep them all until someone can ID picture two for certain
1) Purple Toadflax (Linaria purpurea), a weed but has nice flowers which are loved by butterflies etc. Spreads everywhere by seed but easy to pull up.
2) Not sure - could be a few things so would keep for now and check back when it flowers.
3) Sedum spectabile (aka ice plant), a keeper. Flowers summer to autumn, loved by bees.
4) A Hellebore (probably Hellebore x hybridus), another keeper. Flowers in late winter.
On the right bottom side of pic 1 there appears to be Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria). If it is ...it's definitely not a keeper!!!
Good spot, Dave!
Do you mean this stuff?
Thank you for everyone's help so far!
That sure looks like it vickij. It needs to be dug out carefully as each bit of broken root left behind will regenerate. Difficult to use a weedkiller because of it being so close to your other plants. If you decide to move any of these then check their roots carefullt to make sure none of the Ground Elder roots are entwined in them
Could Picture 2 be a Penstemon
Number 2 looks like penstemon to me as well. Very healthy.
Could 2 be one of those tall campanulas, I've got loads of it here, looks like that before flowering. Maybe wait for some flowers on that one for a positive ID