DizzyKipper Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Hello, having had a go at clearing a lot of grass from an overgrown garden, we are left with some unidentified individuals. Some we have seen growing in other gardens, and at least one is a weedy suspect! Please could help us by identifying them? [For mods, images are hosted on photobucket and resized to 640x480] Plant Ahttp://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00478.jpg Plant Bhttp://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00476.jpg Plant C - Weed?http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00477.jpg Plant Dhttp://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00481.jpg Plant Ehttp://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00479.jpg Plant F - Weed?http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00480.jpg Thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest posiedon Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 DizzyKipper, plant A is ladies mantle (Alcchemilla vulgaris) Not a weed as such but does spread.http://www.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk/pictures/gallery/ladiesmantle.jpg Plant B looks like Sempervivum, again not a weed and just forms a largish clump.http://www.succulent-plant.com/families/crassulaceae/sempervivum/rosulariasedoidesalbaa.jpg Plant C I can't make out from the photo (two plants combined?) but looks like it's a herbacious perrenial, so probably not a weed. Plant D looks like an Astrantia, again not a weed but a plant that will spread.http://www.westcountrylupins.co.uk/acatalog/Astrantia-Barrister-1.jpg Plant E is a load of daffodils that need to be planted Plant D looks like Sorrel, a weed that some folk use (the leaves) in salads. ABCand D could all be lifted and devided to give you more plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 plant F is one my daughters favourite leaves. Slightly lemony taste, good in soups and salads. Great source of vit c. Can be used like spinich. One of the most neglected "weeds". Sorrel as said above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Been sent a PM as well... So far I have Plant ALadies Mantle x 2 (alchemilla molis/Alcchemilla vulgaris) Plant B Ladies footstoolSempervivum Plant Cherbacious perenial of some sort Plant D possibly ground Elder very bad weedAstrantia Plant EDaffodils Plant F Surriks weed Sorrel x2 (assume u meant F posiedon, not D again) ------------- A - looks like lady's mantle B - I have no idea what Ladies Footstool is, can't find it on Google. If you look in the bottom left of the photo you can see the leaves opening out.Sempervivum - could well be although it isn't a very fleshy leaf, another wait and see perhaps. C - still guessing D - could be astrantia, seems to depend on which pic I look at lol E - I don't think this is a clump of daffodils There are daffodils in the pic behind the clump, and we have other clumps just like this, and have also seen them elsewhere. F - Looking at pictures of sorrel and sheeps sorrel, the description says there are points at the round leaf base on one and extra lobes on the other, which don't appear on the leaves in the pic of mine. There is loads of this growing. Maybe we'll have to leave it to grow to see if the leaves change shape. It looks more like french sorrel but mine is stalkier and has a whiter main vein.No idea what Surrik's weed is, again Google doesn't help me. Some sorted, some to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 ^^ Surriks is the Shetland name for Sorrel. If you're growing that its a good indicator you have high acid soil. What's in the pic looks a lot like Sorrel/Surriks, but I'm not entirely convinced it is the local wild growing stuff. Could well be a purposely planted close relative though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted April 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 ^ high acid? I hope not! Must find the test kit. There are clumps of sorrel-y stuff that look more deliberate than others Still have to go over it again, Some things we will have to dig up and throw away because of the amount of couch grass in it - garden was neglected whilst house was empty. We have lupins, red hot pokers, london pride, and loads of montbretia Well one lupin but it obviously likes it in the garden as it's going great guns. I guess we'll be trying everything to see what we can grow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted October 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Plant E was not daffodils but nerines (Nerine bowdenii I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wullie m. Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 I think C is a Geum, as for F Sorrel (Scots, Soorocks) taste it and see.wullie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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