It's the one with large furry cotyledons. I have them coming up everywhere and sometimes in clusters.
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Last year, I was hardly able to tend the garden due to health issues and a lot of things were allowed to go to seed.
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OK I'm stumped - help ID this seedling? >> Jewelweed
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Hmmm... Doesn't jewel weed have WAXY water repellent cotyledons? I mean it's entirely possible. I leaned over a culvert 6 feet above the water to collect a few seeds a few years ago and their offspring have been going to town in my garden.
I do love that the bumblebees and hummingbirds absolutely go nuts over the flowers.
My kids think they are a blast when the seeds start shooting and collect them and toss them around.... For all I know, that's what they did last fall This would explain the clusters, too.
I do love that the bumblebees and hummingbirds absolutely go nuts over the flowers.
My kids think they are a blast when the seeds start shooting and collect them and toss them around.... For all I know, that's what they did last fall This would explain the clusters, too.
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Well, soil, the more I thought about it and looked at it, more I felt you are right. So I checked where the jewel weeds are SUPPOSED to grow. It's my shade garden and spring is slower to arrive there but there ARE a few seedlings starting to grow there and they are identical to the ones in my garden beds. And seeing them there, I did recognize them. (Does that make sense?)
So ding ding! You were correct!
Thanks!
So ding ding! You were correct!
Thanks!