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Old 06-11-2008, 01:57 PM
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what are they?

As many of you know I bought a new house and somethings are starting to bloom. I cant figure out what they are. Can you help?

this is a creeping plant on the side of a cement raised garden bed. green plant, yellow flowers.




this was popping up thru another ground cover at the side of the driveway



these two are along side the Veggie garden. The purple one when fully open is almost triangular in shape but the tips are rounded off.








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I have no idea what its called, but the plant in the first picture is edible. It tastes like lettuce / bean sprouts.
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The last blue one with the small flowers is spiderwort. The last yellow flowers are evening primrose.
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The first one is a type of creeping sedum. Can be invasive over time, but I enjoy it so I let it roam. Don't know what the purple pompom flower is, but in the background its Bishops' Weed.
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The first purple one is Campanula glomerata. Two of the common names are Clustered Bellflower and Danesblood Bellflower.
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I agree with all... The purple one that greenhouse gal ID'ed I didn't know... The others I am very familiar with. The spiderwart is a glorified weed, in my opinion, but hey... We all have a place in this world!
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one mans weed is anothers flower. Case in point. I like buttercup. I had a lone plant in the middle of the yard in flower. So I mowed around it as close as possible without hurting it. My wife is still after me to cut it down.

Thanks for the help.
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Thanks everyone. two more opened up that I almost pulled as weeds while installing my pond. They were almost in the way.


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