Anyone recognise this seedling?

[gray1720]

This (somewhat out of focus, sorry!) oddity has sprouted in my Japanese ginger pot. I have no idea what it is, and a little voice at he back of my mind tells me that I bloomin' well should. Does anyone else recognise the thing?

Thanks,

Adrian

[gray1720]

[ACE]

Looks like one of those little firs that my wife kills every now and then in her quest to grow a bonsai. I have lost count in the  kits I have got her as presents, been doing it for nearly 30 years. I have grown full size trees in the meantime but she lives in hope.

[galina]

Would a fir needle smell of fir when crushed?  That would clinch it.  Looks almost like samphire, but how would that get there? 

[small]

Might it be a yew seedling? Have you any yews close by?

[saddad]

OH is fairly definite it's not a yew... she plants up half a dozen a year from out tree... but does't know what it is.. !

[lavenderlux]

I think its a seedling of one of the 'Pines' - at our allotments we have a tree surgeon who delivers the chippings material from trees he has trimmed / cut down and we often get cones in the material and then get young pines and conifers come up, usually on pathways.

[gray1720]

I can see that one of tomorrow's jobs is going to be to pot the beggar on and see what it turns into, isn't it?

Adrian

[gray1720]

Well, I haven't got as far as potting it on (too busy ripping out Leylandii), but I can confirm that it doesn't smell if I crush a leaf.

Adrian