These wee plants have sprouted up in a wet part of my garden...any ideas?
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Weeds I'm afraid
The optimist in me says first pic is violets and the second pic chrysanthemums ... but the optimist in me is wrong most of the time!
I'd say these are Garlic Mustard and Feverfew. Neither are bad weeds and the flowers are attractive, especially on the latter. The former is one of the main foodplants of the Orange Tip Butterfly - eggs/caterpillars easy to see on the flower/fruiting heads later.
Not sure about the garlic mustard, but definitely agree with feverfew for the second picture.
Does garlic mustard smell of garlic? if so, it's an easy check :wave:
Thanks all.
Feverfew...yes, it does seem to be that. Pleased as looks very pretty.
Don't think it's garlic mustard as we have that other side of hedge and this has hairier stems, thicker leaves and is low lying.
Seems to potentially be a Rubus family member...looks like this, although I know it can't be it :)
http://plantlust.com/plants/rubus-betty-ashburner/
Whatever you do you have to get that bl**dy ivy out!
Cheers.
That's the improved shot! There was a dense mat of ivy before and it hangs on for dear life and reappears.
We planted a yellow one against a wall and chopped it back...still appears...including inside the window
Could it be Burdock?
The first one is Common Mallow.