Garden chaos... clueless!

tanyalbeck

Hi,
I'm completely new to gardenning, never did it as a kid... basically I collected freebie seeds over the last number of months and planted them, but lost all the 'ID' card/ label thingies and have no idea what's what!! it's all been allowed to grow 'wild'... i've just watered and waited to see what happens! the big problem is that I dont know which ones are root veg or above ground and dont know what to do!

I've taken photos (23 in all) in the hope that you can see if you recognise any... how do I display/ give you access to so many pictures? I have a truprint account but you'd have to log in to see the photos!!

I'd also wecome any VERY SIMPLE book suggestions for garden idiots like me!!
Thanks so much
Tanya

roosterpotatoes

Can you post the image urls onto here please, i dont have truprint

casper_g

Try posting the photos on http://imageshack.us/ (no registration required). When you've posted the images you get a screen with a series of "Links to share your image". Pick the one called "forum code" and paste it here, like this:

tanyalbeck

[Photo 1 - no idea what it is!
photo 2 - same

photo 4 - think it's jasmine but not too sure!
photo 5 - no idea
photo 6 - no idea
photo 7 - no idea
photo 8 - no idea
photo 9 - potatoes? what do i do with them? how do i know when they're ready to dig up?
photo 10 - no idea
photo 11 no idea
photo 12 - no idea
photo 13 - no idea
photo 14 - no idea
photo 15 - no idea
Photo 16... sunflower?!
Photo 17 - no idea
photo 18 - no idea
photo 19... somehwre in her i planted courgette and aubergine?!!
Photo 20 - as above
photo 21
photo 22 - no idea
photo 23 - no idea

As you can tell, i really am clueless! and identifying would be fab... thanks so much!
Tanya

wssla00

Hello the potatoes look more like onions to me....17 looks like sweetcorn, 16 looks like a bean to me, 15 looks like a rose, image one looks like a black berry or an autumn fruiting raspberry

erm...thats all I can see at the moment!

roosterpotatoes

Photo 9- actually look like leeks to me

Photo 10- could this be purple sprouting broccoli thats bolted???? (i think broccoli flowers are yellow though)

Photo 13- could this be a herb (cant remember which arrrggghhhh)

Photo 14- could this be fennel from the yellow flowers?

Photo 15- Roses

Photo 16- Sunflower

Photo 18- looks like young brassica plant, could it be broccoli? just looks to bright green, brassicas are usually more blueish green in apperance

Photo 19- im afraid these dont look like either courgette or aubergine to me :-(

Photo 22- this looks like a cross between a sweetcorn plant and a chilli/pepper or french bean, ill go for sweetcorn on the left and french bean on the right.

Photo 23- Parsley??

Sorry i cant be of more help

noxon

The photos are pretty small and it's not always clear which plants you're trying to identify. My guesses...
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2- houseplant, peace lily or similar
4- does look like jasmine
5- hard to make out, looks like dock leaves, are the branches alive?
7- the green spikes: irises or lilies of some sort?
10- opium poppies after the flowers have finished
11- iris or lily?

15- rose
16- sunflower
17 – gladioli
21- not sure what you’re trying to identify
22- gladiolus on the left and sunflower on the right

tanyalbeck

haHAHA! thanks everyone... i feel ashamd of myself! I guess i'll have to just 'wait and see' with these... from now on i'll use tags!!

any recommendations of cheap simeple seeds to plant in flowerpots now-ish? or does everything need to be planted pre summer?
Tanya