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05-03-2009, 07:33 PM
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| | | Garden plant/weed with blotches on leaves
Hi
This plant has been in the garden since last year and has persisted through the frost and snow. It was small, but is now starting to grow.
Any ideas what it could be, or do I have to be patient and see what happens over the next few weeks/months? 
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05-03-2009, 08:01 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bewdley, Worcestershire
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| | | Re: Garden plant/weed with blotches on leaves
Looking at the veins in the leaves, I have a feeling it could be a plantain of some type, perhaps Greater (Plantago major) which has suffered a bit of frost damage!?!
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05-03-2009, 08:05 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London
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| | | Re: Garden plant/weed with blotches on leaves
Looks like an Evening-primrose but not sure why it's blotchy |
05-03-2009, 09:02 PM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London
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| | | Re: Garden plant/weed with blotches on leaves
Can they suffer from any rusts at all? |
07-03-2009, 07:20 AM
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| | | Re: Garden plant/weed with blotches on leaves
I'll wait a while and take another photo once the plant gets bigger or flowers. |
07-03-2009, 09:10 AM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The nicest Channel Island
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| | | Re: Garden plant/weed with blotches on leaves
It is an evening primrose... I'm not sure what the blotches are, I've seen simular and they don't seem to do much halm
They often self seed around, if it's not in the way leave it and you'll get some loveley flowers! |
08-03-2009, 04:56 PM
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| | | Re: Garden plant/weed with blotches on leaves
Thanks. It is not in an ideal place, but it looks like they have nice flowers, so I'll leave it there. |
26-06-2009, 09:40 PM
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| | | Re: Garden plant/weed with blotches on leaves
After 3 months it has gone from a scruffy looking plant flat on the ground, to now about 5 feet tall with beautiful yellow flowers. 
I'm glad I left it to grow! |
27-06-2009, 04:55 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Preston in NW
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| | | Re: Garden plant/weed with blotches on leaves
Great job you left it. Nice photo  . Its either the Common Evening Primrose or the Fragrant Evening Primrose. Go out and have a smell tonight  |
27-06-2009, 05:02 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London
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| | | Re: Garden plant/weed with blotches on leaves
It looks more like Large-flowered Evening-primrose (Oenothera glazioviana) | | | |
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