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  1. Loofah

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    First one is small and gets tiny blue flowers on but none there at the moment (not the parsley to the right!)

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    Second one is even smaller and gets tiny yellow flowers

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    Anyone know what they are?
    I thought maybe the first was a mayflower or lungwort, and the second could be purpurea?
     
  2. Aesculus

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    Second one is a type of Oxalis (Oxalis corniculata?) and the 1st to me looks like a Lobelia
     
  3. roders

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    :) Hi Loofah.
    As Aesculus says the second one is proberbly Oxalis Creeping Woodsorrel.
    Don't let it out of your sight ,it is a weed that can invade your garden,patio,gravel etc...........Be warned lol.
     
  4. Loofah

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    Not worth planting out in a shady area for ground coverage?
     
  5. pete

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

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    I agree the first looks like the bedding type of lobelia, not hardy really so wont survive unless its protected.

    The second is a definite weed, and should not be allowed to seed, it can be a nightmare in certain positions, pots, dry areas etc.
     
  6. Victoria

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    I certainly agree with what Aesculus, roders and pete said that the second is Oxalis, Creeping Woodsorrel .... it is a nightmare here and all my pots are potbound with it .... very difficult trying to get its long roots out of Cycads, Palms and other such prickly characters.

    Once the flowers seed they 'pop' .... no .... explode and the seeds can reach 20 or more feet away .... hence me getting them in pots on an upper deck .... aagghh!

    It is a cousin of the equally invasive Oxalis pes-caprae (the Bermuda Buttercup) .... Algarve will soon be covered in a yellow blanket by this monster.

    I say get rid of your pot of it asap .... but as far away from you as possible.

    Sorry, can't help with the first pot but my initial thought was Forget-me-Not.
     
  7. Loofah

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    Thanks for the info, will kill kill kill the weed!!
     
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    :hehe:
     
  9. Victoria

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    .... on second thoughts, the Oxalis is definitely another species of 'Forget-me-Not' .... because it will NEVER leave you and let you forget it ..... you're stuck with it for life .... :help::flag:

    PS I know Knaphill ... if it's the one in Bucks.
     
  10. Ivory

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    That yellow-flowered,purple-leaved oxalis is one of the cutest plants you will ever see and one of themost annoying. There is just no getting rid of it. If it thrives it is a real beauty, but most of the time you will just have it in your way and despair.
     
  11. Loofah

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    Bit of luck I stuck it in a pot then;) Well, it WAS in a pot, now its ash:)

    And its the Knaphill in Surrey, near Guildford
     
  12. nathan7

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    Definitley lobelia and the top one weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed awful to get rid, I have just cut all my dahlias down in the front, and behind them was this weed all across the bottom of the house wall seems to flourish in poor soil as well good luck
     
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