[sanuka]

I have a bunch of things growing on my new plot and i'm not sure which are weeds or things I should keep. Or even just things i should know what they are to help me plan what to plant in that space or not.

Can you help with the following please?








i think this ones mares tail







I didn't want to just dig it all up just in case there are hidden treasures I found a small wooden frame that's seperated into squares at the back that seems to be for herbs - there are chives and mint in it.

[compostqueen]

top pic is chives (those with the purple flower heads on), not sure about the second one, third one is raspberry I think, the one after that looks like a blueberry, dunno what the stripey thing is near the rose, sommat of the onion family, cranesbill or hardy geranium

[DD.]

I wouldn't say the top one is chives - too broad leaved. Poss a leek run to seed.

Second is speedwell - weed

Third - also think raspberry

[crackedflowerpots]

pic 4 looks like gooseberry IMHO

[Clampit]

Could the first pic be garlic?
Pic 3 is a raspberry type of plant.
I've got pic 6 as an old onion.
pic 7 may be creeping buttercup but don't quote me on that one.

[gobs]

1 - Certainly some allium with grass, I wonder if it's an ornamental one, as I let onions flower and collect seed of leeks, etc, seem not to look like that, but I am shamefully not certain. Definitely no onion or chives - round leaves - and I doubt leeks a lot.

2 - speedwell

3 - might be raspberry leaves, but what are the thick cane things? Also some nuts will have similar leaves

4 - to the left some soft fruit shooting? in middle either celery or some buttercup, very end one might even be parsnip - very blur -, to the right some sorrel maybe with nettle in the background

5 - you mean horsetail, surely

6 - gone past it looking onion type with grass

7 - looks like some sort of buttercup or related weed

All in all, you might want to keep No1 and 3 for the minute and see what they turn out to be. All the rest should be history.

[Trillium]

First pic is a flowering onion (ornamental). You can lift the bulbs and put them where more convenient. Unless you want loads more, suggest you cut off the flowerhead immediately after flowering. I have loads of those in my garden. Chives have slimmer leaves small flower heads.

2nd pic - speedwell - a weed in my garden

3rd pic  - raspberry but hard to tell if everbearing or summer

4th & 5th - don't know

6th  - an old onion, possibly second season for flowering and seeds

7th  -  don't know the name but it's a weed. Perennial geraniums don't sit so close to the ground. Have loads of both and the weed ones get the boot. Do dig out the large root well.

[sanuka]

Thanks so much ! I will get rid of them all except 1 and possibly 3. I like flowering onions so I that counts as treasure

sorry I did mean horsetail. I was getting optimistic that no one had confirmed it but I guess it is

number 4 is a particularly bad shot - it's quite far off the ground so a bush or tree shoot. I'll try and get a better picture of it.

There's one i forgot to post -

[Gary]

The 4 th One looks like a Blackberry now we have a better pic .But it looks like you'll have a lot of digging,do it a bit at a time ,set your self small targets and don't do any more.
It will not take too long to get how would like it (plant some Spuds)Its took me 4 years but it was wearth it.
regards Gary

[gobs]

Thanks so much ! I will get rid of them all except 1 and possibly 3. I like flowering onions so I that counts as treasure

sorry I did mean horsetail. I was getting optimistic that no one had confirmed it but I guess it is

number 4 is a particularly bad shot - it's quite far off the ground so a bush or tree shoot. I'll try and get a better picture of it.

There's one i forgot to post -

That's some sort of soft fruit again, possibly raspberry and maybe honeysuckle next to and large duckweed needing attention behind.

[sanuka]

thanks - this time it was the duckweed I was asking about  :oops:

on to lots of digging then !

[DD.]

I think we are talking DOCK weed, not duckweed - that floats on ponds!

Have it out & get all the root!

[gobs]

I think we are talking DOCK weed, not duckweed - that floats on ponds!

Have it out & get all the root!

Sorry, live in Chesterfield. :roll:  

[DD.]

I think we are talking DOCK weed, not duckweed - that floats on ponds!

Have it out & get all the root!

Sorry, live in Chesterfield. :roll:  

Of all the lame excuses........

[gobs]

You just come over and stay for a few months.    

duck everything, it is :shock: