can this be identified yet?

how big are the foilage hun?

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Looks a bit like a young Peony

only small, someone said when there first leaves open it could be possible to tell, im hoping there gladiolus or astilbe, not sure which i planted as bareroot, if not both and a hosta i planted as bareroot but i havent a clue whats happening with them or how to investigate there progress

hmmm, i havent planted any peony,well i dont think, i already acquired some lupins from some nice blackbird or something so maybe i got a gardening angel lol

i still would go with astible as they are hairy when they first emerge. they are not gladies. they are like a crocosmia leaf. the gladies are a corm. astilbe would be barerooted.
look carefully round where you put the hosta and look for snail evidence [slime trails]. emerging hostas are a fav snail/slug food.

ive checked the hosta nearly everyday because someone warned me of snails,im thinking you could be right with astilbe because i can now remember that it was labeled astilbe pink and was like a rectangular root thing, also are corms like weird looking bulbs, i also had some weird black (stone like) bulbs, is that a corm? or just a bulb, i think if its the weird looking bulb i planted them in front of my poppies in full sun,thanks for everyones help

ive also gone out with the hoe and loosened all the top soil and weeded atc

It does look like Astilbe...def not Gladioli. Astilbes like a damp area. I'm thinking the black stone bulbs could be Anemones.

gladi corms are squat and have a fibrous reddy brown coat to them. like a crocus. the black ones do sound like anenomes corms. astilbe roots are woody. try not to hoe near the bulbs in case you take the tops off the emerging shoots. :o)

thank you, i think thats helped me establish what is where,well in a roundabout way, preety sure i got my astilbe to the right of my poppies and then i have gladiolus in front of them to the left a bit, i have my hosta by the front entrance (im thinking in to much sun from what bamboo say ) then i have a row of anemones running around the front of my garden along with a row of ixia in front of them and then i have a cluster of campanula and alysumm together at either end,also have a shrub but unsure of its name at the moment, when do i start planning for next season as ive only got summer plants i think,got bluebells but are they spring? think so because theyve been and gone

Definatly astilbe-my profile picture is a pink astilbe and i also have one groeing in my garden

you certainly sound like you have been busy

good for you

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Bluebells ARE spring and will spread and spread and spread! And I agree with everyone else, that is most likely Astilbe, certainly not any of the other things you mention.

thank you all, ill plant on top and hope they mingle well together