PLant ID?

[VirginVegGrower]

I was only jokin. I know he's not that daft.

He? Not the last time I looked

[VirginVegGrower]

well, I didn't eat any of it, you are not having me axeman job It's definitely not parsley, no smell people....
The leaves look exactly like the image this page has of feverfew, except the leaves are much further apart on the stems.
Pictures of Common Weed Leaves
I'm with you on the buttercup thing because the leaves have tiny flecks...

Feverfew has daisy like flowers from recollection. Has it ever flowered?

[taff]

I'll ask them tomorrow. I hadn't noticed it before, but then the fences have been down, with one panel recently replaced, and the trellis has fallen off the top of the other one
She did say her husband thought it was a weed because it was the only thing that was growing really well
They've been having problems with mildew on their acer.....

[donnakebab]

Feverfew has quite a pale leaf almost citrusy in colour. It's been growing in my garden for years. It has a bitter lemon taste.

There is another perennial plant with similar darker leaves called Tansey, but that too has a very lemony taste. It grows to about 2 or 3 feet and has little button yellow flower sprays at the top.

[VirginVegGrower]

Tansy likes boggy ground. As does my dog of the same name

[veggiechicken]

Both Tansy and Feverfew taste foul and the leaves have a strong smell.

[VirginVegGrower]

Wild chervil? Not aromatic apparently...think my mother has her gardening books out

Scratch that, it's cow parsley and you'd know if it was that. I'm stumped.

[Patchninja]

Forgive me for asking, but if you have no idea what it is, why would you plant it in your garden?

[taff]

I didn't, next door did.....

[Patchninja]

Ah. That explains that.

[taff]

Actually, she told me they didn't, it was there already....
Anyway, this is her plant, that she doesn't remember if it's flowered



and this is my feverfew plant



The leaves are very similar, but mine is more straggly, and like I said, her leaves look exactly like the feverfew ones on the weed ID site...
I'm begining to come aorund to that way of thinking.

[veggiechicken]

Surely the leaves smell taff, when rubbed, Mine stink!! There are different types too with single and double flowers and a golden version.

[Hilary B]

Feverfew is a relative of the Crysanthemums, so maybe try looking up wild 'cousins'? It does look very similar.

[Nicos]

You know what?
I thought of this thread whilst I was weeding yesterday.
I have some leaves really similar to you first posting.
I'd left it and it's flowered- a lovely yellow Welsh poppy!
Think your recent piccies are too big for Welsh poppy tbh.

[donnakebab]

Fancy having a plant in your garden and not noticing whether it's flowered or not?

For me it has to be edible, pretty or evergreen (for the winter).