Solved Plant or weed....conflicting opinions here.

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    Top pic the tall nibbled one, 2nd pic the bottom one.
    Both the same with rough stems and leaves.
    Thanks lovely people.:)
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    First one looks like a sunflower. :scratch:
     
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      Plant, I always say that a weed is a plant growing in the wrong place. One exception, nettles. correction two, Brambles. Oh ok there are more weeds to be sure. :yikes::rage:
       
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        Second one might be one of the Hawkweeds (which is a genus of the sunflower family Asteraceae).
         
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          Ok... Thanks that's what I thought.:thankyou:
           
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