identifying three plants, one possibly a tree!

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  1. nobahar

    nobahar Apprentice Gardener

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    Hello!

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    Any help much appreciated.
    Also, this may be a long shot, but I found a young plant that has yet to flower and I don;t know what it is, I tried to find it locally to obtain an image as I have doen for the above. Unfortunately, it wasn't in my local woods. It's a fairly simple plant: it has two, long thin leaves 180 degrees from each other, located very close to the ground surface. Directly above these there are a further two leave (also 180 degree) from each other, each directly above one of the long thin leaves); these smaller leaves look like tiny nettle leaves. I appreciate that is is hard to identify the plant from such a description, but any guesses would be appreciated. It is a wild flower.
    I live in the South East of England (East Anglia).
    Many thanks.
    Nobahar.
     
  2. roders

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    :) Hi Nobahar and :wlcm:to Gardeners Corner.
    The first flower looks like Wild Anemone and the second one looks like some kind of Fern.
     
  3. Sussexgardener

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    The second picture is a fern, just emerging. A lovely sight.
     
  4. Alice

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    The second picture is a fern.
    Ferns was one of the worst weeds I ever had in my last garden. I introduced them there myself and I lived to regret it.
    They appeared in the cracks in the paths, in the rock garden, in the greenhouse, in the vegetable beds, in the gravel, every single place !
    They are very difficult to get rid of - in fact, impossible.
    Thankfully I don't have them in this garden.
    Welcome Nobahar.
    If I was you I would get rid of that fern Now !
     
  5. Sussexgardener

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    As a positive to Alice, I also have several ferns in the garden and never find them spreading or self seeding. They're excellent plants for those damp, dark areas of the garden.
     
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    I think the first picture is an Anemone. The two most common small wild Anemonies I believe are A. blanda and A. nemerosa. They are quite similar and I am not sure of the difference. But I suspect that A. blanda is bought most often.
     
  7. Quercus

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    The "fern" looks more like bracken.. if it is i'd be taking it out, along with the bramble behind it!
     
  8. nobahar

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    Thanks for the responses everyone!
    There was another plant, the identity of which eluded my for ages! I stumbled across it looking up pictures of sycamore seedlings. Can someone verify if Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) seedlings, when very young, have two long thin leaves at 180 degrees to each other? Leaves that look nothing like an adult Sycamore Mapple tree leaf?
    Many thanks,
    Nobahar.
     
  9. Quercus

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    Yep.. they'll be appearing all over now!
     
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    The second could be bracken but a general rule of thumb to tell the difference between bracken and ferns is that bracken tends to grow upright whereas ferns tend to grow at an angle. Of course, until it has grown up to its full height you may not be able to tell :scratch:.
     
  11. Sussexgardener

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    Pull them up now and dispose of.
     
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