ID on this please

found this in the corner of the garden and popped it in a pot




as i know nothing please can someone tell me what it is and is it worth keeping as it looks a bit poorly

thanks

Steve

 

It's golden leaved feverfew.. they are quite tough, so it might pull through... they have pretty white flowers and will self seed all over the place!

 

Now you see I'd have said feverfew too...until JWK said aquilegia...

 

I suspect Quercus is right. The colour is a bit of a give-away.

The Aquilegia leaf below is very similar, but is more completely seperated into leaflets.

 

thanks all

i put it in the smal border so hopefuly it will be ok

Steve

 

Looks more like Welsh poppy to me , Meconopsis cambrica.

 

Give the leaves a rub-feverfew gives off a pungent sage-like aroma, quite umistakeable. I know better than to contradict either John or David or Peter which puts me in a tricky spot but it looks like feverfew to me also, and although I personally like it it is a very prolific selfseeder and in a neat garden is probably better to be classed as a weed. Luckily mygarden isn't neat lol.

 

Golden leaved feverfew will provide colour in your border all year round and puts up with being transplanted. Yes it self-seeds easily but just throw out what you dont want

 

Steve, post a pic when it flowers.:gnthb:

 

i will do just hope the pink welly incident did not kill it

 

well been a few months and its grown a bit






feverfew ? still not a clue


thanks

Steve

 

Feverfew. One of the daisy family of plants, sometimes used in the cure for migraine. I've got loads of it to attract insects because it usually has hundreds of florets on each plant and grows to about a metre in height.