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It's a mystery ....
Dovefromabove
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I've been watching this mystery seedling grow into a plant in what I thought was a pot of nothing but compost where some cuttings had failed to take. Now it has a flower.
Any ideas please folks?
It looks taller but is about 12" high.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Looks like coriander to me, Dove.
The two types of leaf remind me of Burnet Saxifrage, but the flowers are different. Fairly sure it's a member of the Apiaceae.
Thanks Bob So it does ..... although the flowers are pinker than I'm used to.
And I've just tasted it - it tastes like coriander too - how funny - I've not sown any here for at least two years and then it was direct-sown into the veg garden. And I've not bought any in pots either 'cost OH gets bunches from the farm shop. Fancy it popping up like that - but then that's what seeds do.
It's the pinkness of the flower and stem that threw me - and the fact that Ammi majus popped up unannounced elsewhere in the garden earlier this year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's amazing how seeds sometimes find their way into the most unexpected places isn't it! I had some rather pretty red lettuces popping-up in my borders this year the seed of which must have been blown there from some I left to go to seed in the veg beds a couple of years ago. I thought lettuce seed was short-lived and rather delicate but apparently not!
Coriander looks a much better bet!
Orlaya Grandiflora crossed with coriander? Plants are promiscuous