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new house, new garden... new mystery plants :)

8 years ago

Hi all,

Just moved to CT and I have a few mystery plants here. These three are the ones that are keeping me up at night ;) These are in several locations

(A) This one almost looks like some sort of daisy to me but I also feel like it could possibly be just a weed.

(B) Looks like (sweet) potato vine but... is that possible in CT (zone 7A-ish)?

(C) Sorry for this one... not the greatest picture. There are crocuses growing in and amongst this but there is a huge blanket of this leafy looking plant. Its yet to bloom but with such a profound, almost purposeful, looking canvas of it I'm almost inclined to think its not a weed but... maybe I'm wrong.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, as always.

Thanks again!!!

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Comments (4)

callirhoe123
8 years ago
3rd one might be mugwort(artemesia vulgaris)...terrible weed, spreads like crazy
fatamorgana2121
8 years ago
1. Erigeron
2. A campanula, I believe

3. And yes, looks like mugwort.

FataMorgana
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david883
Original Author
8 years ago
Yes, yes and yes! I can't believe I didn't think of campanula ha ha. Thanks. And yeah its definitely mugwort, if not by the way it looks then by the way it is EVERYWHERE! I have a virtual field of it... maybe one day I'll be rid of it.
NHBabs z4b-5a NH
8 years ago
I agree with FM on 1 and 3 but think that 2 is an aster, what used to be called Aster cordifolius , but is now called Symphyotrichum cordifolium AKA heart-leafed aster AKA wood aster. It's a common wild plant here in New England that blooms with a froth of pale purple/blue/white in the fall and then seeds around everwhere. Easiest to pull up when still young.

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