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  • #61
    I recognized them from my garden. One of my favourites - come in all colours and shapes and self seed and cross freely..

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    • #62
      Please can I join in? I got some elderly Icelandic poppy seeds at a plant swap earlier in the year, and chucked them about the place. Now about a million assorted weeds are growing where I put them, and I don't know which (if any) are the poppies.

      Is there any hope this might be a poppy?

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      Thank you for your help.

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      • #63
        You're quite welcome to join. (You can always start a new thread if you find you don't get your answer here.)

        As you can tell by the fact that I'm the one usually asking for help I'm not an expert. But an online search seems to suggest to me that your photo could well be of a poppy.

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        • #64
          Originally posted by Mistlepie View Post
          Please can I join in? I got some elderly Icelandic poppy seeds at a plant swap earlier in the year, and chucked them about the place. Now about a million assorted weeds are growing where I put them, and I don't know which (if any) are the poppies.

          Is there any hope this might be a poppy?


          Thank you for your help.
          Yes, that's one; definitely looks like a poppy. I may be wrong but I think Icelandic poppies are biennial so probably won't flower until next year. Gorgeous when they do, though.

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          • #65
            Biennial? Noooooo

            Ah well. Thanks for identifying them.

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            • #66
              Just a quick update for those who helped me out.

              I tried to include the photos to update, but apparently they don't come with the quoted message and I can't locate them at the moment. These were the images in the first post

              1. Silvery white foliage, about 10 inches or 25 cm tall - Globe artichoke. One small artichoke at the top of the now 5-ft tall plant.
              2. Little purple/green heads, growing only an inch or so off the ground - Aquilegia
              3. Impossible to see or distinguish sticks with little seed heads, about 5 feet or 150 cm tall. I realize this is an utter longshot - Not flowering yet, but my neighbor (former plot holder) tells me it's a perennial sunflower.
              4. Little pink flowers, about 6 inches or 15 cm tall. Looks like a weed based on where it's growing. I don't mind it but will tear it out if it'll spread or cause a problem before I get around to digging that area in the summer. - Identified early on as cardamine
              5. Green leaves, about 6 inches or 15 cm tall. I thought it might be geraniums as there were many with pink flowers last year, but can't tell. - Not as expected. Gone now, but a round pink flower with a long, thin protrusion.

              I will try to link the others up with their images. Sorry!
              Last edited by jonahjonah; 12-07-2018, 08:26 AM.

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              • #67
                I think these were all positively ID'd
                Spurge
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                Lily (didn't like being shaded/crowded out by the spurge and didn't make it)
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                Day lily, I believe
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                • #68
                  This one I have an updated photo for

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                  • #69
                    Originally posted by jonahjonah View Post
                    Just a quick update for those who helped me out.

                    I tried to include the photos to update, but apparently they don't come with the quoted message and I can't locate them at the moment. These were the images in the first post

                    1. Silvery white foliage, about 10 inches or 25 cm tall - Globe artichoke. One small artichoke at the top of the now 5-ft tall plant.
                    2. Little purple/green heads, growing only an inch or so off the ground - Aquilegia
                    3. Impossible to see or distinguish sticks with little seed heads, about 5 feet or 150 cm tall. I realize this is an utter longshot - Not flowering yet, but my neighbor (former plot holder) tells me it's a perennial sunflower.
                    4. Little pink flowers, about 6 inches or 15 cm tall. Looks like a weed based on where it's growing. I don't mind it but will tear it out if it'll spread or cause a problem before I get around to digging that area in the summer. - Identified early on as cardamine
                    5. Green leaves, about 6 inches or 15 cm tall. I thought it might be geraniums as there were many with pink flowers last year, but can't tell. - Not as expected. Gone now, but a round pink flower with a long, thin protrusion.

                    I will try to link the others up with their images. Sorry!
                    1: Could be Cardoon - looks like globe artichokes
                    3 Perennial Sunflower - isn't that what a jerusalem artichoke is

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                    • #70
                      I'll keep a lookout for the difference between cardoon and globe artichoke. The previous tenant was much more into decorative than edible plants.

                      I think Jerusalem artichoke is a perennial sunflower, but not all perennial sunflowers are JAs. As above, he was more into low-maintenance decoratives and didn't mention that it was edible. I had a look for the telltale roots and didn't see anything that looked like JA to me. then, I am a rank amateur Whatever it is, it's another prolific spreader.

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