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    Hi guys,

    So I have these plants that have suddenly spouted in my garden and are slowly taking over the bed. I have absolutely no idea what they are! Does anybody have any idea what these plants are? The all grew from seed and are currently about 6-8 inches high.

    Here's hoping somebody can ID them, if not I need to decide whether to let them take over the border, or nuke 'em!




  • #2
    Maybe poppies?

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    • #3
      It looks like shepherds purse -it's a weed so pull 'em up!

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      • #4
        I can't see a picture

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        • #5
          Thanks for the tip on "Sherpherds Purse", I've compared the picture but don't think it's that. The leaves and stems look too thick in comparison, the leaf pattern also looks different.

          It could be poppies, I had poppies in that bed last year, but they were different leaves entirely to this lot, so still not entirely convinced. Whatever they are, I've got loads of 'em in the bed!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by vixylix View Post
            I can't see a picture
            Hmm, not sure why that is? The pictures are linked from my Dropbox account, so are publicly viewable.

            Do these links work for you?

            https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67784566/pic1.jpg

            https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67784566/pic2.jpg

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            • #7
              Originally posted by vixylix View Post
              I can't see a picture
              Are you in work Vix? Maybe they're blocked?
              The photos are Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge

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              • #8
                Looks like a wild Corn Poppy to me. Or it could be an Icelandic Poppy but the leaves look a bit too green for that. What sort of poppies did you have last year?
                Last edited by roitelet; 27-03-2017, 05:21 PM.
                Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                • #9
                  Agree poppies, but not sure what sort. Have loads. Very pretty yellow or orange long flowering.

                  Small one bottom lh of bottom pic look like opium poppy.
                  Last edited by DannyK; 27-03-2017, 05:29 PM.
                  Riddlesdown (S Croydon)

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by gav28 View Post
                    Hi guys,

                    So I have these plants that have suddenly spouted in my garden and are slowly taking over the bed. I have absolutely no idea what they are! Does anybody have any idea what these plants are? The all grew from seed and are currently about 6-8 inches high.

                    Here's hoping somebody can ID them, if not I need to decide whether to let them take over the border, or nuke 'em!



                    These are Ladybird Poppies... I grow them myself every year.
                    Blogging at..... www.thecynicalgardener.wordpress.com

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                    • #11
                      They look rather like greater celandine which has been seeding itself all over my garden. It's easy to ID because if you break off a piece of it bright orange sap oozes out, which is said to be a curs for warts. If there's no orange sap then it's probably poppies like everyone else is saying.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by roitelet View Post
                        Looks like a wild Corn Poppy to me. Or it could be an Icelandic Poppy but the leaves look a bit too green for that. What sort of poppies did you have last year?
                        Errr, red ones and double-flower pink ones, lol! :-) I know for certain the plant in question is not the same as the poppies I've had before, as those poppies have grown every year for the past 15 years and their foliage is completely different.

                        I suspect it is a poppy of sorts, the fact there are so many of these plants growing throughout the bed makes me wonder how on earth they got there!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by seasprout View Post
                          These are Ladybird Poppies... I grow them myself every year.
                          Result, thank you. I'll thin them out then and move around the garden :-)

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by DannyK View Post
                            Agree poppies, but not sure what sort. Have loads. Very pretty yellow or orange long flowering.

                            Small one bottom lh of bottom pic look like opium poppy.
                            Yup, that small one is definitely an opium poppy, had loads of them growing last year :-)

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                            • #15
                              Vixylix take your dark glasses off and you may well see better.

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