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Mystery Weed or Amazing Flower?

May 6, 2009 By: Anna13 Comments

mystery plant in the garden

One  of my biggest problems in my garden is I have no idea what are weeds and what are flowers.  I recall last year planting Sweet William in this particular bed but could swear that the seed package said it was an annual.

In April, this lovely plant appeared.  It does not look like Sweet William.  I have to say this is one of the prettiest weeds I have seen.  Can you see a little sign that is being held up by the plant, which says, “save this plant?”  (Look closer…)

 Any ideas what this plant could be??

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Comments

  1. 2

    Absolute Green says

    May 13, 2009 at 9:59 am

    looks like a tiger lily

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    • 3

      Green Talk says

      May 13, 2009 at 11:29 am

      Absolute green, it does, doesn’t it? I think it is a dianthus and it self seeded. Time will tell when the flowers come out. I will take either! Anna

      Reply
  2. 4

    David says

    May 15, 2009 at 11:55 am

    It looks like a weed to me. I always have the same problem distinguishing between the two. Maybe take a picture of it and take it to your local home and garden store and see if they know.

    Reply
  3. 5

    Madlyn says

    May 21, 2009 at 9:38 am

    I couldnt help but laugh when I read this, I have the same exact situation with my garden, it is the only thing that came up by its self and I assumed from last years seeds, but part of me believes it is a weed since I have yet to see any sign of flowering…

    Reply
  4. 6

    John says

    June 20, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    Sweet William is a species of dianthus, so chances are you have a survivor here. Good job 🙂

    Reply
  5. 7

    Healthy Hookup says

    June 21, 2009 at 12:47 am

    Well, did you ever hear that…

    “A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill, except for learning how to grow in a straight line!”.

    Maybe, you need to great the first strain of weeds that will grow in a straight line! You will be famous and make millions trust me.

    Reply
  6. 8

    Falc64 says

    July 10, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    That is definitely sweetwilliam, course you probably know that now since they’ve already bloomed. They are a biennial, but they re-seed and come back every year.

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    caroline crusco says

    October 5, 2009 at 9:55 am

    Realy one time I worked in someone`s yard andthey wanted me to pull out the weeds and leave the flowers and when the guy got back i said you didint thinck i could do such a good job and i was fired i pulled the flowers out and left the weeds now i know the differince between a weed and a flower.

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  8. 10

    Natalie Office Chairs says

    November 16, 2009 at 6:51 am

    I would also say it looks like it could be from the Lily family, did you maybe find out what it was?? Would be interesting to hear what it was.

    Reply
  9. 11

    stacey says

    June 21, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    I’m 90% sure it’s Sweetwilliam.

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    • 12

      Green Talk says

      June 21, 2010 at 10:34 pm

      Stacey, I think so too. The sad part is it only live 2 years. I tried knocking it seeds everywhere to see if it would re-seed itself. No luck. Did I do anything wrong? Anna

      Reply
  10. 13

    marcy says

    June 29, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    its sweet woodruff– its a nice ground cover.

    Reply

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