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Plant/weed ID

Post by KimChick » Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:27 pm

Can someone ID this plant/weed please?
The PlantSnap app is not being very useful.
The plant
The plant
A flower on the plant
A flower on the plant
It's about 3.5 - 4 ft. high.
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Re: Plant/weed ID

Post by Ontario Chick » Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:52 pm

Looks a bit like Evening Primrose, does it smell lovely in the evening?
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Post by Killerbunny » Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:06 pm

Evening primrose gets my vote too. They are lovely.
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Re: Plant/weed ID

Post by labradors » Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:33 pm

I agree that it's a wild Evening Primrose. The cultivated version is shorter with bigger flowers.
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Re: Plant/weed ID

Post by KimChick » Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:08 pm

Really?
That's one of the suggestions from PlantSnap.
Then I would wonder how the heck it showed up in my garden. When I transplanted it from one place to where it is now, I thought I was moving a gaillardia.
Now, I'm going out to take a whiff.
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Re: Plant/weed ID

Post by Shnookie » Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:53 am

They go to seed all over the place. I do like them though.
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Re: Plant/weed ID

Post by WLLady » Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:57 pm

they grow wild everywhere, and take over.....but they are pretty and the bees like them. i have them EVERYWHERE even in the paddock! resistance is futile....lol.
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Re: Plant/weed ID

Post by kenya » Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:59 pm

Yeah I always thought they were a weed.
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Re: Plant/weed ID

Post by Ontario Chick » Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:58 pm

kenya wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:59 pm
 Yeah I always thought they were a weed.
but @kenya weed is just a flower in the wrong place ;)
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Re: Plant/weed ID

Post by kenya » Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:51 pm

Ha! Ha! That's true. One year for my sister's birthday my mom and I weeded her flower beds for her as the weeds were knee high. We had a huge pile of weeds when we finished. My sister was so mad as she said we pulled all her flowers out.
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