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Mystery Plants That I Planted???

12 years ago

This links to three pictures of plants in my garden. I'm pretty sure that the first two are things that I planted on purpose, but the name stakes are not there after the winter. The third is, I believe, a weed, but I want to make sure before I tear it up! If you click on the pictures, you'll get a larger version.

http://xcski.com/~vjrnts/plants/mysteryplants/index.html

Thanks!

Vicki

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User
12 years ago
Could the 2nd one be a Veronica? I think you're right about the 3rd being a weed~a very pretty one.
vjrnts
Original Author
12 years ago
Yes, the second one could be a veronica. I was hoping someone would say that. And the third one is in very plentiful supply all over, which makes me think it's a weed. It's not so pretty when there are so many of them. Thanks, Jaynine.

No guesses on the first picture?
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carol23_gw
12 years ago
Lobelia for the first?
jeanne
12 years ago
I think the first one looks like American Burnweed.

Here is a link that might be useful: Google image results
vjrnts
Original Author
12 years ago
Oh, Carol23, I'd love it if you were right, but looking up American Burnweed, I am dismayed at how familiar those pictures look. Dang. I was hoping it was something I wanted.

At least I lucked out with the Veronica!

Thanks everyone!
vjrnts
Original Author
12 years ago
Is the third picture yarrow? I have it everywhere, so a lot of it has to go, but if it's yarrow maybe I'll leave a clump or two.

Opinions?

Here is a link that might be useful: Click on the thumbnails to get a bigger picture.
theplantwizard
12 years ago
The 2nd one looks more like a Myosotis than a Veronica to me.
vjrnts
Original Author
12 years ago
The upper right corner is indeed forget-me-nots. I have drifts of them in the spring. But the plant in the center-to-lower-left is the one that I should be Veronica; I planted some in that general vicinity a couple of years ago, and they came up again last year, but I wasn't sure of the location, so I was hoping that they looked like Veronica! I believe that's what they are.
signet_gw(6b)
12 years ago
If I were to venture a guess on pic number 3 I would say Wild Carrot . A weed.

Pic number one looks like a weed in front of another plant.

Signet
vjrnts
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks Signet. I'm pretty sure the third one is yarrow. The first one IS a weed in front of another plant; the one behind the weed is a hellebore. That one I'm sure of!
flora_uk
11 years ago
No 3 isn't Yarrow. I'd be prepared to bet on that. It looks as if it is about to throw up a flower stem so maybe you can show us another picture later on.

No 1 could be Hesperis matronalis in bud.
vjrnts
Original Author
11 years ago
Oh, no, not Dame's Rocket!! I think you could be right. Oh dear, I'd better yank it out right now. It's a hugely invasive pest around here; it looks pretty in drifts by the roadside out in the country but it's a real pain in a garden bed.

As to the "yarrow," you are probably right; the leaves aren't feathery enough. But I don't think it's wild carrot, either. I'll pull one up and get a good closeup of the leaves. I have tons of it, it's running riot everywhere, so you know it can't be anything I really want.

And now GW won't let me post because I already posted with this subject line. Wha???
flora_uk
11 years ago
You can post again straight away if you alter the subject slightly. I've put in an extra ? because it wouldn't let me repost either because of the time delay.
Carrie B
11 years ago
I've been following this thread... looking forward to seeing what ID we get for #3. I'm pretty sure it's the same weed I've been pulling from gardens for several years now, but I haven't been able to ID it and it's not in my "Weeds of the Northeast" book.
vjrnts
Original Author
11 years ago
OK! New pics. The second one on this page is another (hopefully better) shot of #3 in the original post. Still looking for a definitive answer here. (Yeah, I have to agree it's not yarrow.)

I don't remember what the first one on this page is, but I'm sure I planted it. I think.

Here is a link that might be useful: Vicki's Mystery Plants, Take 2!
fatamorgana2121
11 years ago
#1 looks like mitsuba, Cryptotaenia japonica. It's a Japanese herb. Grows easily from seed. I've grown it here (also NY State) a number of times. Likes shade as opposed to full sun.

FataMorgana
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11 years ago
I think #3 is Cardamine impatiens L./Narrowleaf Bittercress.

Here is a link that might be useful: google images C. impatiens

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