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    Help identifying mystery plant!

    Hi!

    I was digging around in my border today and found these lovely little red shoots coming through under some gravel! We have only just move into the house and I have no idea what they are!

    I have attached a couple of pictures, any ideas anyone?!

    Emily
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  • #2
    Not easy to tell at this stage, but they could be young buds of a peony plant - would need the buds to grow into leaves before you can really identify them.
    Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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    • #3
      Definitely look like a proper plant. I would wait and see. If you like it fine, if you don't then dig it up.

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      • #4
        Hi as Jeanied said they need to be a bit bigger really. If they are in a place where they could get knocked over or forgotton I would put a barrier round them for protection and wait and see what happens. You could be in for a lovely surprise.
        Updated my blog on 13 January

        http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra.../blogs/stella/

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        • #5
          Looks like emerging shoots of a lily to me - and the stems look right for old lily stems too

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          • #6
            They look just like paeony, exactly like the one we've got coming up. It should be lovely!

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            • #7
              I'm with Jeanied, looks a bit like a peony to me too - the only thing I would say is that mine has more shoots than that (perhaps it is a bit more established) If I remember, I will take a picture of mine tomorrow for comparison.
              A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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              • #8
                Thanks a lot for all your messages, any of those things would be lovely! I'm really looking forward to seeing what they are, I just want everything in my garden to grow faster! Doing veggies for the first time and getting v impatient!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by scarey55 View Post
                  ... If I remember, I will take a picture of mine tomorrow for comparison.
                  OK, I know, it's a bit later than tomorrow but here is my peony for comparison.
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                  A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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                  • #10
                    I think its an emerging lily. Mine are looking exactly like the picture.

                    And when your back stops aching,
                    And your hands begin to harden.
                    You will find yourself a partner,
                    In the glory of the garden.

                    Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by scarey55 View Post
                      OK, I know, it's a bit later than tomorrow but here is my peony for comparison.
                      Scarey,

                      Thanks for the brill photo! Had a look at the buds this morning and the tops are starting to open up just like in your picture! I think the mystery maybe solved!

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                      • #12
                        * Jeanied does a little dance 'cos for the first time in a dog's age she was right!!!
                        Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Jeanied View Post
                          * Jeanied does a little dance 'cos for the first time in a dog's age she was right!!!
                          LOL *whoop whoop*

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