Solved Anyone know this weed?

I don't think its your olive tree Zigs

 

Thanks everybody I have a local B&Q garden centre near me. maybe somebody will know.

Here is a better pic for size comparison. Cant find a ruler though. But thats a 4 pint milk bottle Bear in mind this has been under a greenhouse type cloche for a few weeks i guess. Thats why some of them have gotten so big and spread out. Just as the Brussel sprouts have grown bigger I have only just taken the cloche away so as to take the photo and make it easier to water. Not sure if it helps any.

The slugs don't seem to be bothered about eating it is one thing. Its not stopping there from eating the sprouts of course but they are munching away at these plants that have sprung up as well (grin)

 

Thanks Andy for 2nd pic.
Looking down on them they do look as if they could be Foxgloves.

Please do not seek help from B&Q...the guys that stock the garden plant section usually have zero/zilch plant knowledge.

You are far better here with the knowledgeable, keen, helpful, true gardeners.
With the dirty finger nails to prove it!

 

Possibly. I looked at some of the bigger leaves of foxgloves as well and though a slightly different shade of green they look similar. But then i don't really know... If they ARE foxgloves i would probably replant some but I'm a little worried if I'm allowing a problem plant to grow if i do.

 

Are the underneath of the leaves much paler? And the main leaf vein tinged with pink? If so they are most likely foxgloves.

 

Could well be Green Alkanet, I have spent the last 3 years trying to rid my garden of it.

 

Looking at these pictures i'm sure it isn't mint! Sorry to disagree re B&Q, I know it's just luck but in our local branch one of the garden dept staff was a professional gardener before he retired and still has a large market garden.

 

I'm with Zigs. It looks distinctly like the borage which pops up all over my garden.

 

Might be Green Alkanet.

 

The young growth on Green Alkanet is more rounded

 

My money's on borage pops up in the veggie plot and I transplant it around the garden. I've been told the flowers taste like oysters but never eaten them myself. The bees adore the simple blue flowers. At the end of the season I need to wear gloves to pull them out - bit of an irritant on the skin but that might just be me.

 

You are spot on @Silver surfer , generally speaking. The same applies to most garden centres. Sold my previous house (with not bad garden) to someone who owned a huge garden centre closeby. He freely admitted he knew sweet FA about gardening/plants and had no interest in them either other than how much money they made him. He ripped up most of my garden to make a football kick around area and subsequently sold his garden centre to Dobbies for the massive sum of £7, 500,000! Small specialist nurseries are much more likely to know the difference between a Daffodil and Dandylion. The large plant "supermarkets" are just that.

 

I have seen trays of beautiful plants left to die in B & Q.
I said it was cruelty to plants could they not water them?
I was told it was cheaper to let them die than pay someone to water them!

We heard of a conscientious worker in B & Q who wrote to head office suggesting if he was allowed 30 mins each morning to water, then plants would live longer...the blunt reply was NO...sell them faster!