Any ideas?

This is the area just outside my greenhouse, and I should own up right now to occasionally just chucking old compost out onto here, failed germinations or cuttings usually. This year these have popped up all over this area, I am hoping they have been some seeds that did eventually germinate once they excaped from my dubious care.


I don't recognise them-which won't come as any surprise to anyone here who knows my ability to id plants.



Any ideas??

 

I think they're just nettles aren't they? I got an identical plant growing out of the base of my fence last week, I just put the gloves on and ripped it out.

 

No not nettles, I know those. It does look similar though but they aren't, aside from there being no sting at all, infact they feel lovely to touch, the leaf edges aren't as sharply serrated as a nettle.

 

Maybe Enchanters Nightshade? (Circaea lutetiana)

Quite a common native woodland plant with small dainty white flowers:wink:

 

I sincerely hope so-having a plant with that sort of name in my garden would be a blessing indeed.

 

It is a very nice common name isn't it?:luv:

looking back though yours does seem to have much longer leaves....

 

Looks a bit like a tattie plant to me.

 

Not potato either.


Ooooh, it's one of those wait and see plants.



Ivory is off on her tour and Daitheplant has gone incognito ( come back David please we miss you), we feel their absence.

 

Pete Will know, He Knows Everything

 

I think that's why I struggle with the latin names so much, nothing can be more beautiful than names like Fairy Thimbles (I think a kind of Campanula?????), or (yours) Enchanters Nightshade. Cowslips, Foxgloves (what? Foxes wear gloves?) etc.

 

Good, I would hate it if I had to get shot of it. Fingers crossed it's a goodie.

 

Hope it is for you:thumb:

I seem to remember a freind telling me actually about someone who did a border of plants where the common names could be considered cheeky together:lollol:

seemed like a great Idea:D

 

I hope it turns out to be something wonderful as something free is always something good !!

Sadly though, I would have ripped it out if I saw it in mine as I havent a clue whats a plant and whats a weed half the time, so anything I havent put there is gone :hehe:

Hopefully though it will be good news !

 

"It looks like ground elder to me"

Not to me - my parents had that in their garden, and I know it well (which says NOTHGIN of course!)

"I struggle with the latin names so much, nothing can be more beautiful than names like Fairy Thimble"

You are too much of a romantic! Names like Acer palmatum atropurpureum dissectum tell me all I need to know to recognise the plant, even if I've ever seen it before :D (Mind you, it could easily be Acer palmatum dissectum atropurpureum I suppose :( )