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Help on a few plants, please

3 years ago

Here are a few plants I'm trying to ID. Pix follow since for some reason this site never enables me to add pix to first post
Thanks!

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  • 3 years ago

    Did you plant any herbs like oregano?

  • 3 years ago

    This next one asking about...it's not the deep purple flowers (which I know and like)...it's this other plant growing alongside it and which has teeny tiny pinkish white flowers. At first I thought it was early growth version of purple flowers but now I'm pretty sure it's a totally different plant especially because growth pattern is also different...more like a ground cover...

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  • 3 years ago
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    Jay thanks and...This was a donation from friends with a garden. Yes I know I could just ask them but they also gave me a number of plants and even they themselves didn't seem to have lots of experience/knowledge of all the plants they gave me. I could be wrong but think this was a plant they said could be used in cooking...as an herb...andaybe has other medicinal uses? Leaves are ever so slightly fuzzy/

  • 3 years ago

    The first one could be Plectranthus amboinicus. The second is Polygonum aviculare, traditionally considered to be a weed.

  • 3 years ago

    I think your first is a plectranthus, probably whats sold as Cuban Oregano. The second is a weed, I'm sure someone else can tell you just what kind ;)

  • 3 years ago

    Thanks everyone. On the 'weed', I don't mind weeds, so long as they don't become overly invasive or negatively impact my other plans nearby. I'm guessing from this weed's appearance that it doesn't have a deep root system, and as such probably won't cause an issue for my other nearby plants. I can just pull up the plant, wherever I feel it's become a bit too much. Would folks tend to agree?

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    The problem with anything that you consider a "weed", if it blooms and sets seed, you soon won't have just one, but hundreds, and maybe thousands. That is why it is always recommended that any undesirable is removed preferably before it blooms, but definitely before it sets seed. It's just saving yourself more work in the long run. And also, even though a particular weed may not seem all that robust, if it's growing among your desirable plants, it's using water and nutrients (and possibly blocking sunshine) that could be used by those "good" plants. What you classify is a weed is entirely up to you, but once you decide it's a weed, it should go ASAP.

  • 3 years ago

    Cuban Oregano looks right. I would pull out the Polygonum before it sets seed. It's crowding out the Lobelia.