Morning walk in the garden...

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  1. harry123

    harry123 Gardener

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    can someone identify these please, Are any of these weeds?

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    Well, at the risk of making an idiot of myself, [not hard to do], I'd hazard a guess at:

    First pic: a Blue or Harebell.
    Second pic: Not sure....but it's on the tip of my tongue!!
    Third pic: Looks like Saponaria, which I have in my garden, to me
    Fourth pic: Chives???
     
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    tropicalplanttom Apprentice Gardener

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    Hmm not much use on flowers generally but I'd agree on the first being a bluebell - used to have a load in an old house of mine, and I was forever being told that you are not supposed to be allowed to remove them. Not sure if it was actually true, though.

    Last one does look like chives, or possibly an iris of some sort?

    Just reading back realise that's almost completely useless by way of information, but we all do our best!!

    Cheers, Tom
     
  4. Gay Gardener

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    Perhaps:
    Bluebells
    Muscari
    Vinca Major
    Bit early to tell but could be many things.

    Or perhaps not.

    Fens
     
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    At a guess.

    1. Bluebell
    2. Plantain...........do the leaves have ridges running along them?
    4. Chives
     
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    Here's my contribution:
    Not sure that no.1 are bluebells, but no.2 definitely is.
    No. 3, agree with Armandii, it's Saponaria (Soapwort), quite attractive pale pink flowers in summer, but it can be rather invasive.
    No. 4, I'm with Armandii on this one too, looks like Chives.
    I have a sneaking suspicion that no. 1 could be Tradescantia.

    Confused yet?
     
  8. westwales

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    The fourth one looks like one of my hostas
     
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    Harry break one of the stems on the fourth plant, if it's chives it will smell like onions. If not it could be Jonquils, so don't eat it.
     
  10. TOR

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    1. bluebell
    2. Some kind of allium - do the smell test!
    3. recognizable but don't remember -
    4. chives, I should think, smell test too
     
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    No.1 looks like Spanish Bluebells to me as opposed to our more delicate English ones..

    No.2 could be 'Snakeshead' Fritillary?? or Allium
     
  12. harry123

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    Thanks for the replies guys, its a great help. I done the smell test on the 4pic and does smell like onions.
     
  13. harry123

    harry123 Gardener

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    ive uploaded a few more pics of picture 3 above there seems to bit a of confusion hope it helps.

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