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I planted lots of different wild plant seeds in September last year and they have grown well. I am unsure what two of them are and don't quite remember what I planted. Can anyone help ID these?

This is started to grow tallish, at first I thought it was tansy but the flower makes me think something else.
I have a few of these, they are around 12 inches tall or so (or a little less) and thin but have not produced a flower yet.

The first one looks rather like one of the chamomiles or mayweeds. Does it smell? If so, is it fragrant (like chamomile) or foetid?

Guy

padfield wrote:The first one looks rather like one of the chamomiles or mayweeds. Does it smell? If so, is it fragrant (like chamomile) or foetid?

Guy

I was thinking that, didn't really notice much of a smell. Could it be corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis)? Having a second look at the other plant, seems to have a knapweed like flower bud, so could it be a knapweed of some sort?

Cornflower? It is in the same genus as knapweed.

Hi,i would go for Corn Chanomile for the first 3 pics,and Cornflower for the other two. Both are annual,but will self-seed for future years if your soil is not too heavy-simply rake over the soil in March to stimulate germination.

essexbuzzard wrote:Hi,i would go for Corn Chanomile for the first 3 pics,and Cornflower for the other two. Both are annual,but will self-seed for future years if your soil is not too heavy-simply rake over the soil in March to stimulate germination.

The corn chamomile looks good. Some of the seeds were from a wildflower mix but didn't say on the packet what was in it. The other looks good for cornflower..its quite rare now in Ireland and only a small amount of the native population still remains, most now are garden varieties or brought in with non Irish seed mixes.

Thanks.