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clairey

By Clairey

Norfolk, United Kingdom

what is this beauty? and a couple others please. i have found something that looks like te mystery plant by the pond.




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The first is Nigella. The second is an Oak seedling, probably buried by a Jay, not a Squirrel as the squirrel nips the root tip off before burying. The last has a look of Dogs Mercury about it though not 100% on that one.

1 Jun, 2010

 

Last one could be mint?

1 Jun, 2010

 

number 1 nigella or commonly known as love in the mist
number 2 could be garden mint

1 Jun, 2010

 

thought the leaves looked like oak, there are 2 huge oak trees up the road. i don't think the last one is mint as i have loads growing all along the back of the house.
I absolutely love the nigella, looks like the seed was dropped cause its right in front of house not in soil, thank you fractal.

1 Jun, 2010

 

3 isnt dogs' mercury I have had to study it and the leaf is less 'intracate'.
i recognise it but cant recall it at all.
1 & 2 are Nigella and an oak as fractal correctly identified

1 Jun, 2010

 

just dashed out to have a sniff, they look very alike, but def isnt mint, these leaves are smooth.

1 Jun, 2010

 

if it helps i have recently dug this area up so this has grown and spread quite quickly

1 Jun, 2010

 

isn't the love in a mist pretty! I like that too, but this year we have less of it self seeded in our garden than usual. No. 3 has everyone foxed but keeps us guessing, we like a mystery. If I didn't know better I'd say fuchsia, can't be though because no evidence of last year's old stems.
Post a pic later please if and when it flowers?

1 Jun, 2010

 

I have decided to grow love in a mist this year, and you can see why.

1 Jun, 2010

 

Whatever the last one is it may just be an annual plant as I think I can see seed leaves (cotyledons) at the base of each stem. Godetia perhaps?

1 Jun, 2010

 

will keep you updated on the mystery, i will also keep my fingers crossed that it is a fuchsia as these were my one of my nanas favourites.

1 Jun, 2010

 

i can def see why Alex, will add these somewhere in my plan.

1 Jun, 2010

 

THe last one I think is spearmint

1 Jun, 2010

 

You can tell if it is a member of the mint family (some of them have little or no scent) if the stems are square.

2 Jun, 2010

 

it has a look of lysmachia to it too. certainly freshly germinates as there are cotyledons visible [will have to rename fractal as hawkeye :o))]

2 Jun, 2010

 

there are 2 other seedlings in here that look like nemophyllia. just above the grass .

2 Jun, 2010

 

Am I right in thinking that pennyroyal looks like a mint but doesn't havee a very minty smell???

2 Jun, 2010

 

have looked closely at recent pic and think fractal is right it could be dogs mercury....

7 Jun, 2010

 

Why have you changed picture No 2? This is not the Oak seedling you had originally.

7 Jun, 2010

 

because i think thats what number 3 is but further on, found it by the pond.

8 Jun, 2010

 

I see.

8 Jun, 2010

How do I say thanks?

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