Flower or weed? 9 June 2021 at 11:03AM in Greenfingered MoneySaving 8 replies 181 views

Slinky

What's this orange flower please?  A couple have appeared in my garden this year, not seen them before. One's in the middle of my strawberries!

mummytummy

It could be either of these wild flowers called Fox & Cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca) or Orange Hawkweed which is from the same family - it might also be the same flower 😂 I’m sure someone with greener fingers than me will be along soon, either way it looks lovely and I’d keep it 😊

Slinky

That's the one, if it's not going to go too rampant I think I'll move it. I'm trying to create a border with orange as the main colour so it can go there.

Slinky

On the weed theme, I dug this out, can somebody please confirm it was a weed?

theoretica

Possibly something in the nightshade family?

Slinky

theoretica said:

Possibly something in the nightshade family?

That was my instinct, particularly when I saw the roots.

mummytummy

Circaea lutetiana, known as broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade, is a plant in the evening primrose family 😊

quirkydeptless

mummytummy said:

Circaea lutetiana, known as broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade, is a plant in the evening primrose family 😊

Be careful with that one, or soon your garden will be overrun with enchanters

-taff

Slinky said:

That's the one, if it's not going to go too rampant I think I'll move it. I'm trying to create a border with orange as the main colour so it can go there.

It will become rampant but fortunately easy to remove. The flower heads turn into clocks like dandelions.