Plant & Weed ID Megathread

New Home wrote: »

It looks a bit like a tomato to me. Or more like a cluster of tomato seeds that sprouted all together, as if a whole tomato was dropped there.

Yes, I think you're right. Thanks

SnowyMuckish wrote: »

I think I unleashed a monster! :eek:

I threw a mix of what I thought were pollinator friendly seeds into my grass verges last year. Now I see this popping up all over the garden, is it mint? How do I control it ASAP before it becomes a garden escapee, the last thing I want is it taking over! It seems to smother everything in its path. It’s right nest to my hedgehog burrows so I’m hesitant about weed killer but I may not have a choice?

Looks like one of that family to me alright. I have one similar that I think was just sold in the local garden centre as flowering mint and it has spread about a bit but not really taken over and it has similar flowers but the leaf is different. If you crush up some leaf and smell it you should get an indication if it is a mint relative. I have a few mints growing in the ground and some dead nettle which is related as well and I don't have any intention on using herbicide on them since they produce good flowers for the pollinators and being nature friendly is the priority in my own garden. I also have found wild mint in the local fields so I don't think it counts as a garden escapee in the same way as Japaneese knotweed and other non native plants.

Thanks blaris! Google images of marsh woundwort seem to fit. It has been a huge hit with the bees, thank god it’s native, you’ve put my mind at ease a bit! Freak out over :pac:

But I think I’ll still pull it out a bit to keep on top of it.

Dug up old soil a few months ago and put down grass seed, a lot of weeds now in the grass. What would be best to put on it so the weeds die and the grass grows better?

They look a bit like Bluebell bulbs. They're lovely in flower but can become a nuisance as they spread.

SnowyMuckish wrote: »

Thanks macragnil, it doesn’t smell like mint, but I have a feeling that that’s what it is. The thought of using weed killer goes against all my beliefs, but I’ve watching this plant all summer and it really smothers everything around it and it seems to be popping up everywhere now. I’d hate to be responsible for releasing something that smothers native plants around it!

I’ve just been out pulling it out, the roots are shallow so I’m hoping a good weeding should just control it. It seems to be very happy in my nettle patch so I’m going to be stung head to toe :rolleyes:

Sorry I'm talking about this one

standardg60 wrote: »

Surely that's an orchid of some description?

Funny, I questioned that too until blaris mentioned woundwort. A quick Google and got this

http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail.php?id_flower=323&wildflower=Woundwort,%20Hedge

Love this website!

This fella is growing under some trees in my garden, anyone able to tell me what it is?

First year I've seen it

https://flic.kr/p/2jFTGAX

New Home wrote: »

Lords-and-Ladies/ Jack-in-the-pulpit/ Arum

Didn’t get this at first...😂

macraignil wrote: »

I think it's a type of hottentot fig which is from South Africa so would probably need plenty of light and not much water.

Growing wild above Myrtleville beach

Can anyone tell what shrub this is and also can I prune it?

Thanks

rje66 wrote: »

Looks like parahebe.

That's it, thanks so much