Weed or Wildflower
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Comments (7)#1 resembles smart weed.I've thrown out seed mixes before and lots of weed seeds in the ground came up with them.#4 looks like a grass and #5 looks like pigweed but the photo has sunglare and you can't see the leaves straight on,but sure looks like pigweed.I had the same plants coming up on my wildflower garden.I don't buy mixes anymore because like the other gardener mentioned they usually contain non native plants and I enjoy creating my own mixes using only natives.In mixes you can't control what plants will grow where, so you have larger plants shading shorter ones.If you mix it yourself you can sow the taller plants behind the smaller ones.I've gotten lots of seeds from Wildflower Farm but it bothers me that they sell a lot of alien plants like Dames rocket,foxglove and African Daisy. I would have more respect for them if they dropped all the aliens and expanded their native wildflowers.There's a multitude of beautiful natives they don't offer.Prairie Moon and a lot of other seed sellers only sell true natives....See MoreWeeds or Wildflowers?
Comments (5)All of the plants we call "weeds" are also wild flowers. What determines if a plant is a "weed" is if it is a plant you do not want growing where you do not want it growing it is a "weed". "Weeds" are simply unloved plants. That second picture does not look like nightshade to me. kimmq is kimmsr...See MoreStand of weeds or wildflowers
Comments (1)Is it possible to get close ups of the plants? We need to see leaves and stems in detail, especially since there are no flowers or seeds visible....See MoreWeed or wildflower ha ha
Comments (7)I admit I had no idea what the name of that weed is. In my experience tassel flower is something with a fuller roundish bloom. Much more showy. On my property here in central Florida this is a plant with a very minimal “bloom”and a VERY invasive nature due to the numerous seeds, all of which seem to germinate. And that is not a seasonal thing, but year around germination and growth. So it is my recommendation to the OP, being in Florida also, to pull and destroy....See Morebulldinkie
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