What Is This ???????

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  1. bluevest

    bluevest Apprentice Gardener

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    Can anyone please identify this plant / flower ???? It has been growing in my garden now for about 4 weeks.
    Thanks
     
  2. Marley Farley

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    Hi bluevest, & [​IMG].. It could be a couple of plants, any chance of a clearer photo..?? Or someone else will be along soon who will know..
     
  3. daitheplant

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    I thought Kochia, The Burning Bush. But as Marley says, could be one of many.:gnthb:
     
  4. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I thought burning bush but arn't they usually a more symmetrical shape?
     
  5. daitheplant

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    The MATURE plant is, that looks like a young `un.:old::hehe:
     
  6. bluevest

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    i don't think it's a burning bush....i've attached another pic of the individual leaves.:thmb:
     
  7. Lovage

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    Difficult to see scale but my thought was Nigella aka Love in a Mist. It does self seed freely. You will know soon if a blue flower apears
     
  8. bluevest

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    hi lovage
    these plants are currently about 9 inch in height, they have grown a couple of inch in a few weeks. they are made up soley of the leaves iv shown.
     
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    A macro photo just confuses things.:gnthb:
     
  10. bluevest

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    I posted a clearer photo to try and determine this plant! I did state that the pic was just of one leaf. What can you suggest i do to solve this.
     
  11. daitheplant

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    For a start, you don`t get stroppy. People are on here to help you, if the information you supply is unhelpful, then be prepared to be told so.:old:
     
  12. bluevest

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    im so sorry the last thing i want to do is upset anyone. i dont have a stroppy bone in my body. i never ment my message to come across that way and i was asking you sincerely for your advice in what to do.
     
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    Bluevest we are trying to help you. Don`t be offended. Leave it a couple of days then take another pic of the plant. We will identify it for you don`t worry.:gnthb:
     
  14. Phil A

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    Don't know what the plant is but looking at the pic, i guess it could be growing on the equator.:D
     
  15. bluevest

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    thank you so much i will do, do you not think it is the nigella, love in mist?
     

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