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Plant & Weed ID Megathread

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    #242
    Speedsie
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    ¡arriba, arriba! ¡andale, andale!


    Shaunoc wrote: »
    we have tormented it in the past few years with heavy machinery and earthworks.
    gets early and late sun directly and must be getting enough throught the Ash canopy which is not that thick.
    I think i'll leave well enough alone as it came good and looks impressive enough for now. not sure if it would/could continue flowering for much of summer...

    It might lean a little out towards the sun, and you may need to stake it if it does, but it should bloom for a few weeks. It likes dappled sunlight, I just think it's a little close to the trunk.

    It can grow quite tall, over six foot from what I recall, and has a very heavy scent.

    I haven't seen one in the flesh for years, just going on memories of my grandfather's garden. So, I could be wrong!


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    #243
    irishproduce
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    Hi knowledgeable folk.
    Pretty sure a sycamore/ maple is after planting itself in my garden.
    Am I right?

    Should I remove it or can it live and grow outside the house without much danger/ hassle to the family?

    Front garden is about 10 metres X 20 metres.

    Appreciate any advice.

    2f051km.jpg


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    #244
    New Home
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    Looks like it alright. I'm not certain, but I think it looks a bit like a plane tree, too (platanus acerifolia, maybe?).


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    #245
    irishproduce
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    Good spot. Could be.
    I'm wondering if I should move it somewhere better since it decided to live here or remove it if it will damage things like the road or pipes or the house.


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    #246
    New Home
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    Oh, definitely move it, possibly in the middle of a field - they are both rather big trees, once they're fully mature (I don't know how big their root system is, though).


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    #247
    ShiverinEskimo
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    It will make a mockery of that wall when it gets big. Move /kill it.


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    #248
    Speedsie
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    ¡arriba, arriba! ¡andale, andale!


    irishproduce wrote: »
    Hi knowledgeable folk.
    Pretty sure a sycamore/ maple is after planting itself in my garden.
    Am I right?

    Should I remove it or can it live and grow outside the house without much danger/ hassle to the family?

    Front garden is about 10 metres X 20 metres.

    Appreciate any advice.
    ]

    A rosebush in a cornfield is a weed.
    This tree is in the wrong place, as others have said, if you can, move it, if you don't have a suitable location either gift it to someone else or just remove it.


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    #249
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    Just wondering what this is thanks


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    #250
    magicbastarder
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    no image included.


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    #251
    [Deleted User]
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    Sorry. Was on the phone and didn't think the text would post when it said the image was too big. Here it is


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    #252
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Sorry. Was on the phone and didn't think the text would post when it said the image was too big. Here it is
    This looks like Corncockle, very common in "wildflower" seed mixes


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    #253
    standardg60
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    It's lychnis coronaria, lovely little plant.


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    #254
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    standardg60 wrote: »
    It's lychnis coronaria, lovely little plant.
    That's more like it, yes


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    #255
    Mam of 4
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    Can someone please tell me what this is ?


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    #256
    looksee
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    Celery?


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    #257
    Mam of 4
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    looksee wrote: »
    Celery?

    I don't know tbh , although it isn't "stalky " like celery if you get what I mean ?
    Am trying to clear out an overgrown flowerbed , and was unsure if it was a weed or a plant .
    Will try get a better pic tomorrow .


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    #258
    Stheno
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    No picture I'm afraid but trying to figure out what plant I had years ago

    It was quite woody with long thin branches that were a vivid red and it flowered very early in the year.

    Could it be a form of cystitis/broom?


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    #259
    looksee
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    Most likely plant for red stems is dogwood, there may be others.


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    #260
    looksee
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    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    I don't know tbh , although it isn't "stalky " like celery if you get what I mean ?
    Am trying to clear out an overgrown flowerbed , and was unsure if it was a weed or a plant .
    Will try get a better pic tomorrow .

    It could quite easily be something else, but when celery grows 'wild' - unblanched - it tends to be bushy. Break a stem, does it smell of celery?


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    #261
    Stheno
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    looksee wrote: »
    Most likely plant for red stems is dogwood, there may be others.

    That was it. Thank you!


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    #262
    Mam of 4
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    looksee wrote: »
    It could quite easily be something else, but when celery grows 'wild' - unblanched - it tends to be bushy. Break a stem, does it smell of celery?

    Ah thank you , will do that tomorrow when I'm down at the house .


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    #263
    Mam of 4
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    No smell of celery from it , weed ?


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    #264
    New Home
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    Definitely not celery, the leaves are all wrong. I'm almost certain it's a weed, but I don't know what it's called. Let's see if I can come up with anything helpful.


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    New Home
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    Could it be hemlock (which is toxic)?

    https://weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au/weeds/hemlock


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    #266
    looksee
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    New Home wrote: »
    Definitely not celery, the leaves are all wrong. I'm almost certain it's a weed, but I don't know what it's called. Let's see if I can come up with anything helpful.

    No, you are right, I didn't register the twig on the left, definitely not celery.

    Edit - don't think it is hemlock either though, that is more feathery/carrotty.


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    #267
    New Home
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    One thing for sure: just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't add it to my soup. :p

    What's the name of that weed with yellow flowers that people are supposed to remove from their land but that very few do? It's bad for cows, horses, etc. Ragweed or ragwort, or something like that. I think that's what it is.


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    #268
    Mam of 4
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    Thank you both for being so helpful , out it goes so :)
    And I definitely won't be making soup !


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    #269
    looksee
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    I don't think it is ragwort - could it be something like parsely / chervil / coriander (I'm not great on herbs :D ) Parsley gets a seed stem a bit like the yellow one shown, not sure it has side shoots like that though.


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    #270
    New Home
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    No, it's not parsley either, the stalks are too large for that. And the leaves aren't right for that, either. Not sure about the other two, but I really don't think it's a herb.


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    #271
    Reckless Abandonment
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    New Home wrote: »
    One thing for sure: just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't add it to my soup. :p

    What's the name of that weed with yellow flowers that people are supposed to remove from their land but that very few do? It's bad for cows, horses, etc. Ragweed or ragwort, or something like that. I think that's what it is.
    Ragwort. That was my first thought.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=ragwort&safe=off&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&prmd=inmv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkqKSPzP_iAhWEYsAKHWEOCQ8Q_AUIFSgB&biw=360&bih=668#imgrc=JF9SP1MWwWLlFM


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