A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2007 Help..These are in my garden, no idea what anything is

As some of you might already know I just moved into a house with a large garden. I bought some veggie seeds and I would like to plant them but I would like to know what is growing in there already... I know some of these may be flowers also...


Exhibit B, top left looks like it could maybe be strawberries??? I seriously have no idea..lol.. Other looks like weed maybe? *shrug*



Exhibit C, some type of flower? Tulip maybe?



Exhibit D, no guess



Exhibit E, something dead...lol..Looks like maybe Dill??



Exhibit F, no guess...

Exhibit G, no guess...



Exhibit H, some type of lettuce??? Kale?



Opps, I musta missed that last one when resizing..Next up is.....


Exhibit I, no guess



Exhibit J, Im hoping carrots...

A looks to me like violets with forget me nots mixed in...is it all one plant?
C is perennial bachelor buttons
G is borage
I looks like lemon balm-does it smell like lemons when you rub it?
J is parsley

A = is Brunnera macrophylla /Siberian Bugloss
B =
C = Mountain Bluet (Centaurea montana)
D =
E = E
F =
G = Borage
H =
I = Lemon Balm

D is citronella.
E..you're right...something dead...definitely not dill.

H could very well be perennial kale.

a - dunno. sure is pretty tho!

b - left side is mint. right side might be a type of geranium. looks kind of similar to what i have - it's too dark outside for me to go look at it tho.

c - it's not tulips. it is some kind of flowering bulb tho.

d - looks familiar...then i saw christina's post. citronella it is

e - could be a rosemary or thyme. might be a later starter - i wouldn't pull it unless you're sure it's a goner.

f - no pic?

g - dunno

h - could be kale or maybe some other type of lettuce.

i - again, this looks really familiar. could be a different type of mint than the other one.

j - i agree on parsley. also have some more mint there - mints can be very invasive - easy enough to pull up, it's just that you're doing it all the time because even the tiniest tidbit of a piece that is left will continue to grow.

There is a plant in the center of the pic, the other purple things to the left are seperate fro the main plant. Re: lemon balm question, I have no idea, I havent rubbed it but I will do that tommorow when Im out there.. *can't wait*

and boooo @ parsley, I wanted carrots gosh darnit.. I'll rip that parsley out unless I can find another use for it beside a dish decoration..

Could one of you find me a picture of this
citronella plant you are talking about?????

I can only find a geranium type, and to my eyeballs, that's not it???

Let me know, cause I can't find one...

~~~~~~~~~> for me, alot of these plants are soooo firmilar... but some look like others, and without flowers for some, identification is kinda tough...

Can you keep this post going, pleaseeeeeeee,
and get some flowers as the plants flower...

That would be awesommmmmmmmmmmme!!!

these are what I found on citronella...
not a good pic though
this looks like a match

I had one last year and it was called citron something..But the only thing that it looked more ruffled than "D" did thicker leaves kinda prickley...

http://www.home-herb-garden.com/herbgarden.html
It is in the middle sort of citronella ...

A- could very well be Bugloss. The purple blooms to the left are again grape hyacinths.
B- looks very familiar to me too, just can't place it yet. But I agree with mint to the left.
C-I'm sticking with Batchelor buttons!
D-Can't quite place this one yet either, but again, grape hyacinths to the left.
E-does look dead doesn't it? I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and guess fennel...does it smell like anything when you rub it?
H-I agree with Kale
I'm with Weezie...I'd like to see more pics when the plants are bigger

The Mountain Bluet is in the Bachelor Buttons' Family!!!

Yes, there's so many plants that look alike
when they first sprout.... and we need how they
sprout up or leaves appear on the stem, and what the flower looks like....

Can not wait for more picutesssssssss!!!

C is Centaurea montana

Here's mine...

D is citronella. Also called citrosa. I'm positive of this...I grow it as well. Just rub your fingers on it, you'll smell lemon.

http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/pelcvcitrosa.htm

D doesn't look like citrosa to me. Here's a picture of my citrosa
I think it looks more like lovage. nOObGardener, what DOES it smell like??

Could it be feverfew?

That's what I kept finding, and to me, it
didn't look like it at all... *in a round about way in the ball park, but just not it*

*Feverfew is about 2 feet high*
(I know, it's just starting out... but still,
the leaves don't quite look right...but I am not
100% sure)

That first one - yep! Violets, for sure.

And yeah - carrots! Hey, get yerself a rabbit! You got carrots!

I've seen some of the others myself - I just call 'em the 'idunnos'. If they're doin' ok, I leave 'em.

No..not carrots..curly parsely.

Ahhhh! Parsley - well, it makes nice fill, I guess.

A sprig of parsley is supposed to be good for the breath after you've eaten.

That's why they stick it on top of fancy meals in restaurants, I guess.