Weed identification help?

[Bohobumble]

I thought I'd join in the ident fun, can anyone help me with these?!

I'm really hoping this isn't bindweed:

It's started to grow under the hedgerow, on clay soil, the other side of which there is a ditch, so I am hoping it's a bog/aquatic plant.

This one is in a fallow bed that I didn't get around to planting in in the last 9-10 months:

I'm less worried about this one, but definitely curious.

Thanks for comments & thoughts

[Martin H]

I think the first one is cuckoo pint (definitely not bindweed) and the second is one of the willow herbs.

[veggiechicken]

First one is Wild Arum. Another invasive one in my garden.
Arum maculatum, cuckoopint - THE POISON GARDEN website

Second one looks like another willowherb?

[veggiechicken]

Snap, Martin

[Bohobumble]

Fanks! I'll dig em up then!

[veggiechicken]

The Arum is a funny one to dig up. Has a brittle white stem/root that goes straight down and snaps off easily. You need to remove it all or it will grow back

[Guest]

First one is Wild Arum. Another invasive one in my garden.

I had one clump in my old garden that I planted (I was given it as something else) but it was there for 4-5 years and it didn't spread or seed......nothing.......it was very well behaved. Just thought I would be awkward

[Bohobumble]

I had one clump in my old garden that I planted (I was given it as something else) but it was there for 4-5 years and it didn't spread or seed......nothing.......it was very well behaved. Just thought I would be awkward

Hmm, might let that one grow a bit and see if it behaves itself then, it's just under a hedgerow so can stay if it does no harm.

[veggiechicken]

I had one clump in my old garden that I planted (I was given it as something else) but it was there for 4-5 years and it didn't spread or seed......nothing.......it was very well behaved. Just thought I would be awkward

You...... awkward?!!!!

Hmm, might let that one grow a bit and see if it behaves itself then, it's just under a hedgerow so can stay if it does no harm.

Aaaarrgh!!! And once again with feeling.................Aaaaarrrgh

[Guest]

Prevention is better than cure, besides it is not a very exciting plant. Get rid of it

[DannyK]

I have the arum too and found it well behaved. Spreads, not prodigiously, by self seeding.

I'd be more worried about what appears to be goose grass. Seeds like mad and pods have burrs, which hitch rides on clothes.

[Bohobumble]

I have the arum too and found it well behaved. Spreads, not prodigiously, by self seeding.

I'd be more worried about what appears to be goose grass. Seeds like mad and pods have burrs, which hitch rides on clothes.

Not worried about the goose grass, it's also in the hedge in a very low footfall area. There are birds about to nest in the hedgerow so I reckon it'll provide some cover against predators.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpgWAiIan6A

I'm in the countryside next to farmland and rolling hills, I don't want to eject stuff that's not in my way unless its a real pain like bindweed or couch grass. I'm introducing some wildflowers in a section of my plot to increase biodiversity and attract beneficial wildlife.

Edit: Apparently chickens love goose grass, it's one of the constituents in the back cover ad of the magazine (yes I read a lot of the ads in the mag, it's just the internet ones that bug me) of that herbal chicken remedy stuff.