I can't see where to edit but wanted to add I'm in Northern CA on the coast.

The first one looks like Vaccinium to me (huckleberries, blueberries), perhaps Vaccinium parvifolium.

Oh weird! We have a bunch of huckleberries around and I thought for a moment that maybe it was a huckleberry but ours look like this.

There are lots of Vacciniums and the common names vary geographically.

Your second plant looks like a peach or nectarine seedling.

you have a lot of things growing next to the fence ... when i see that.. i think birds perching on the fence and depositing a fertilized pellet for you ...

so my first instinct is they are all weeds ... from seed sources in your area ... and as such ... they are USUALLY not plants that i would want in a formal garden ... and that is the weed definition i am working on .... something not wanted in a formal garden....

which then leads to how you see and define your garden.. and what your goals are for your space ...

i wonder if i said that to you last week. or if it was someone elses post ...

ken

Thanks floral! I was just shocked that I was close thinking it was a hucklebeberry but I shot myself down because I have only seen the huckleberries that grow like crazy around the yard. Next time I see something similar I will google the species to see if I'm close.

Thanks ken, we definitely have a lot of weeds, but I think that convo was with someone else. I let a lot of that area just grow out because I dont know what most of it is. If i dont know what it is and tear it out and then find out later i liked it I'd be bummed. Haha. Most of it is (I think) Brassica oleracea and I like to keep that around for all of the bees it attracts, I can hear the "backyard" buzzing!

Where Ken sees weeds I see just a few wisps of something including an unknown with blue flowers. Brassica oleracea is cabbage so I don't think that is what your weeds are! If you'd like to show a picture of the weeds we can probably tell you what you have.

Oh, I see! I live in a pretty odd spot and alot of this stuff just grows wild. I like to pick my battles wisely. Haha.

Here is the "backyard".

Those almost look like gone to seed radishes. Was this a vegetable garden once?

Thank you Floral! :) - The landlord did say there was a garden on the property before! But when these do come up they just have regular roots. No radishes. Someone told me that it's like wild brocolli? I'm Coastal in Northern CA and I see it a lot on the headlands. Anyway, when I looked it up there was a similar plant listed as a wild mustard plant that was used to make brocolli, cabbage, kale and others. I thought this was that plant and thats were I thought I had the name. I kind of like the way exploded in my yard!

Thanks Mike- I wonder what kind of worm. I can't wait for it to fruit. Our yard is full of the Evergreen Huckleberries, but I have never noticed the red ones. I'll be sure to check them out when I pick. I love picking berries but once I see a worm I'm kinda done for the day. Ugh.

Brassica oleracea, the ancestor of cabbage etc, has yellow flowers, as do mustards. Radishes, Raphanus sativus, have pale pink or white flowers. Radishes which have gone to seed and resown themselves in less than perfect soil wouldn't necessarily have a nice plump radish root. However, there may well be wild members of the Brassicaceae family in your region which I know nothing about.

Thank you floral! We have some with purple, yellow, and white.