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Annual seedlings or Florida weeds?

5 years ago

I’m redoing a bed in my lanai and removed a pile of sand where I had annuals planted last winter. Can anyone identify these seedlings? Last year, I had snapdragons, petunias, geraniums, sunpatients, new guinea impatients and probably some others. I’m a winter snowbird so, I might not see any blooms. I need to kill them if they are weeds because I have to find a new location for the sand!

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
5 years ago
Thy look like impatiens seedlings to me.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
5 years ago
to clarify .. the seed is sprouting in the sand you dug ... and you dont want that pile of sand where it is ..

on some level .. they fall in one of the many definitions of what a weed is.. as they are somewhere you dont want them ...

so move the sand and be done with them.. regardless of what they are ...

ken
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
5 years ago
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They don’t look like impatiens to me. The texture is wrong. They appear to be slightly rough rather than quasi succulent. And from what I can make out of the stems they aren’t juicy and glass-like but rather hirsute. Nor are they any of the other plants you mention. Can you wander around your yard with one and compare the leaves to anything else growing there? They’re reminiscent of Acalypha rhomboidea, or maybe an Amaranthus.

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