Are these weeds please

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  1. sa100

    sa100 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi all

    I have a wild flower area under a tree in my garden and I put a load of wild flower seeds down earlier in the year. The problem is that now I don't know what are weeds and what are the flowers. The area is started to get covered in a plant as per the attachment and I'm pretty sure that these are weeds but can you please just confirm for me before I rip them all up?? I realise there are some lilly of the valley included in the pictures but its the plants next to these.

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    There is no such thing as a weed in a wild flower garden, only in a cultivated garden.:heehee::dbgrtmb::dbgrtmb:
     
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    :scratch: Well I am open to correction here SA, but I think it may be Lamb's Quarters - Chenopodium alba.. An edible weed also known as Wild spinach.. Very common in gardens
     
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    I think you're right Marley, we call it "Fat Hen" - it gets quite tall, 4 or 5 foot if left. I'd pull it out (it has shallow roots so is easy to pull up) because it goes to seed very quickly and will cause you more problems.
     
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    Thanks all. Good point Daitheplant, however think I will pull it out anyway. I thought I recognised it as a quick spreader and it has already gone a bit mad. Might make a nice dinner though?
     
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    High in oxalates, so make sure you eat it with cheese or some thing containing calcium:thumbsup:
     
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    Other common names are also Common Lamb's-quarters, Goosefoot, White Goosefoot, Fat-Hen, Pig-weed, Dung-weed, Nickel greens, in Northern India it is grown as a food crop & called Bathua.. Gosh I have just come across all these other names too.! Allgood. Baconweed. Cenizo. Dirtweed.Dirty Dick.Farinacco. Fisa al kilab.Gemeiner. Frost blite. Hui hsien. Mutton tops. Midden myles & Vastuk. It is a common weed to us, but popular as a pot-herb & a crop in allot of countries. Young tender plants are a pleasant spinach substitute when boiled and served with butter. Rich source of vitamins A and C.
     
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