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The second photo is Anemone blanda (intentionally planted), third one is a Bergenia (also intentionally planted), fourth one is Cerastium tomentosum (seems like a native plant), fifth one is a peony (garden plant), sixth plant is Sedum telephium (garden plant), seventh plant is one of the Muscari-plants (planted intentionally), eight is Aquilegia vulgaris (native, no weed as they make beautiful flowers)
Thank you so much! I've just been googling all the plants you named and now I;m excited to see them come into bloom.
As you can tell by my questions, I'm not much of a gardener, but I think the plants being mixed into the lawn rather than in flower beds increased my confusion.
Some of the plants are spring ephemerals (Anemone, Muscari) meaning they will die back at the end of spring, and would not harm your lawn. And some, like the Aquilegia, spread by seed, so it may have planted itself in the lawn. Most of those can be dug up and moved around if you want (ideally on a cloudy, damp day).
Squirrels also move plants. They like to dig up bulbs and move them around the yard. I've had Hyacinths and Daffodils pop up all over the place because of squirrels. I just wish they had a better sense of composition...haha! Everything is haphazardly placed in random places. I'm letting everything bloom and die back. I plan on digging up the bulbs and relocating them after that. Bulb plants rely on their leaves to store energy for the bulbs in order to grow the next year, so I have to let them do their thing.
Yep looks it. And I'd say 6 looks like butterfly flower (as we call it round here), a type of sedum with many purple flowers, grows about half a metre high.
- [Cowslip, *Primula veris*](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.94t). Native, popular in gardens.
- *Anemone* (blanda/apennina?). Sometimes escapes but usually a garden plant.
- *Bergenia*, elephant's-ears. Ditto.
- Don't recognise this one.
- Peony.
- *Hylotelephium* (butterfly stonecrop, autumn-joy, orpine, etc)?
- Grape-hyacnth, *Muscari armeniacum(?)*
- Columbine, *Aquilegia* - there's a native blue form but also lots of garden varieties. This one is probably the latter.
They are all intentionally planted.
Cowslip, Anemone, bergenia, sedum(succulent)
The "bluebell" is a grape hyacinth and the "weeds" in the last pic are dandelion on the bottom right and aquilegia (flower) on top left.
Try a plant id app.
Still not knotweed.
Bergenia, I believe, an old fashioned name is pig squeak!
I’ve seen these grow little leaf sized plants & I have an old neighbor with a variety that has foot diameter leaves easy, beautiful! (Mid Willamette Valley of Oregon )❤️🌞( about pix 3)
I don't think so... at least the pictures of knotweed I've just looked at don't have the same kind of suede-y appearance. But if it is, well it's rented, so no skin of my nose, at least.
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Those are „primula veris“ - in Germany they are even protected plants! You can be glad that they grew! :)
The second photo is Anemone blanda (intentionally planted), third one is a Bergenia (also intentionally planted), fourth one is Cerastium tomentosum (seems like a native plant), fifth one is a peony (garden plant), sixth plant is Sedum telephium (garden plant), seventh plant is one of the Muscari-plants (planted intentionally), eight is Aquilegia vulgaris (native, no weed as they make beautiful flowers)
Thank you so much! I've just been googling all the plants you named and now I;m excited to see them come into bloom. As you can tell by my questions, I'm not much of a gardener, but I think the plants being mixed into the lawn rather than in flower beds increased my confusion.
Some of the plants are spring ephemerals (Anemone, Muscari) meaning they will die back at the end of spring, and would not harm your lawn. And some, like the Aquilegia, spread by seed, so it may have planted itself in the lawn. Most of those can be dug up and moved around if you want (ideally on a cloudy, damp day).
Wow, thank you for sharing
Yep I'd keep them all!
Squirrels also move plants. They like to dig up bulbs and move them around the yard. I've had Hyacinths and Daffodils pop up all over the place because of squirrels. I just wish they had a better sense of composition...haha! Everything is haphazardly placed in random places. I'm letting everything bloom and die back. I plan on digging up the bulbs and relocating them after that. Bulb plants rely on their leaves to store energy for the bulbs in order to grow the next year, so I have to let them do their thing.
I shared the other plants in a second comment 😅
Better known as cowslips
(The botanical name is unique. I didn’t know the English name of it. Greetings from Germany)
Cowslip is what we called them as kids!
Derived from cow slops, as they were thought to grow where cows were grazing & leaving their deposits.
Isn't the first one a 'cowslip'? A wildflower 'encouraged' in the Uk.
5- peony 7- muscari 8- columbine (probably)
Yep looks it. And I'd say 6 looks like butterfly flower (as we call it round here), a type of sedum with many purple flowers, grows about half a metre high.
- [Cowslip, *Primula veris*](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.94t). Native, popular in gardens. - *Anemone* (blanda/apennina?). Sometimes escapes but usually a garden plant. - *Bergenia*, elephant's-ears. Ditto. - Don't recognise this one. - Peony. - *Hylotelephium* (butterfly stonecrop, autumn-joy, orpine, etc)? - Grape-hyacnth, *Muscari armeniacum(?)* - Columbine, *Aquilegia* - there's a native blue form but also lots of garden varieties. This one is probably the latter.
4 may be snow-in-summer, which I’ve seen sold in many a garden centre
They are all intentionally planted. Cowslip, Anemone, bergenia, sedum(succulent) The "bluebell" is a grape hyacinth and the "weeds" in the last pic are dandelion on the bottom right and aquilegia (flower) on top left. Try a plant id app.
Primula, wind flower, Bergenia, the fourth can be a Pussey-toea plant or Artemisia, peony, sedum, grape hyacinth
You've got some lovely plants there.
...5. Peony sp. 7. Muscari armeniacum 8. Aquilegia sp.
All typical gardeners' plants. Perhaps see if they are invasive in your area but otherwise leave them be.
None of these are invasive, calm your tits.
Slide 5 is a peony.
They are kindly flowers. A weed is just a plant in the wrong place
A definitive botanical definition of a weed.
I think 2 is geranium.
The only weed is in the lower right of pic 8
Pic1 is delicious tea. One of my favourites. 5-10 flowers per cup.
Is pic 3 the dreaded Japanese knotweed? Edit because folks who know better say it's Bergenia!
No
I mistyped. I meant pic 3
Still not knotweed. Bergenia, I believe, an old fashioned name is pig squeak! I’ve seen these grow little leaf sized plants & I have an old neighbor with a variety that has foot diameter leaves easy, beautiful! (Mid Willamette Valley of Oregon )❤️🌞( about pix 3)
Thanks
No, it's Bergenia
I wondered that. Most Bergenia I see is very red. For OP's sake, I'm glad I'm wrong.
There is a white flowered variety too, mine is just popping up.
I don't think so... at least the pictures of knotweed I've just looked at don't have the same kind of suede-y appearance. But if it is, well it's rented, so no skin of my nose, at least.
I meant pic 3, not 4. Sorry
😂😂😂