please help with ID's :)

pwinkie03 · 01-04-2012, 07:52 PM

More stuff is sprouting up all over the front garden now, can anyone identifu=y these?

1) really low growing deep reddish purple leaves in the lawn

2) tiny white flowers on long stems appearing everywhere!

3) All different colour flowers (i know more a plant than a weed but its everywhere!)

4) Something that was hard to pick, very spiky round the edges!

Also then new leaves on my rosebush are growing red, are they ok to feed? I know rose is safe but cant find any mention of the red leaves anywhere. Thanks everyone!

alley cat · 01-04-2012, 08:32 PM

1. Bugle feed in moderation
2. Bittercress feed in moderation
3. Wallflower do not feed
4. Looks too spikey to be edible!

ClareandCo · 01-04-2012, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alley cat

1. Bugle feed in moderation
2. Bittercress feed in moderation
3. Wallflower do not feed
4. Looks too spikey to be edible!

I agree with you on this one as well!

pwinkie03 · 01-04-2012, 08:58 PM

brilliant, thank you! well at least 2 things are edible... desperate to add a bit more variety! Not great but better than nothing, thank you

alley cat · 01-04-2012, 09:01 PM

Did you know that you have loads of Plantain growing amongst your Bittercress? that can be fed freely

pwinkie03 · 01-04-2012, 09:05 PM

thanks, oh yes i know... i have plantian growing EVERYWHERE!!! i feed it as 50% of their diet (being pancakes they require a high fibre diet) and they get catsear most days too. I wont complain as i know lots of people would love to raid my garden for plantain.... i never even noticed it before i got torts, just assumed the lawn was full of grass, boy was i wrong haha.

**Alan1** · 02-04-2012, 09:30 AM

The bottom one is just a common thistle, they do eat them when they are just small plants and not jagged so much

Watermelon · 02-04-2012, 11:58 AM

I fed thistle before but I chopped the edges off, another good way to get rid of the spikes on top of the leaf is to scrape with a knife or a blade of scissors. Mine were small then so I didnt want the spikes hurting them.

I fed it last year and they werent too bothered about it.

pwinkie03 · 02-04-2012, 05:44 PM

thanks for the thistle advice

think ill chop the spikes off and see what they think of it, if i know my torts they will just ignore it and eat all the plantain anyway, thats what usually happens :P

pwinkie03 · 02-04-2012, 08:03 PM

poor Spartacus... had a mouthful of bugle and it clearly tastes horrid as he desperately tried to get it out of his mouth, so wont be trying that again! saying that though.. he did really enjoy the thistle (once id cut the spiky bits off) and the bittercress so its not all bad

The other two noshed on the plantain suprise suprise :P

01-04-2012, 07:52 PM	#1
pwinkie03 Member Hatchling Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 548	please help with ID's :) More stuff is sprouting up all over the front garden now, can anyone identifu=y these? 1) really low growing deep reddish purple leaves in the lawn 2) tiny white flowers on long stems appearing everywhere! 3) All different colour flowers (i know more a plant than a weed but its everywhere!) 4) Something that was hard to pick, very spiky round the edges! Also then new leaves on my rosebush are growing red, are they ok to feed? I know rose is safe but cant find any mention of the red leaves anywhere. Thanks everyone! __________________ 1.0.0 Common Musk Turtle: You can find out more about Stinkpot at... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003275610357 0.0.2 Pancake Tortoise - You can see more of Sheldon, Swarley and Spartacus (RIP) at... http://www.youtube.com/user/SheldonandSwarely

01-04-2012, 08:58 PM	#4
pwinkie03 Member Hatchling Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 548	brilliant, thank you! well at least 2 things are edible... desperate to add a bit more variety! Not great but better than nothing, thank you __________________ 1.0.0 Common Musk Turtle: You can find out more about Stinkpot at... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003275610357 0.0.2 Pancake Tortoise - You can see more of Sheldon, Swarley and Spartacus (RIP) at... http://www.youtube.com/user/SheldonandSwarely

01-04-2012, 09:05 PM	#6
pwinkie03 Member Hatchling Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 548	thanks, oh yes i know... i have plantian growing EVERYWHERE!!! i feed it as 50% of their diet (being pancakes they require a high fibre diet) and they get catsear most days too. I wont complain as i know lots of people would love to raid my garden for plantain.... i never even noticed it before i got torts, just assumed the lawn was full of grass, boy was i wrong haha. __________________ 1.0.0 Common Musk Turtle: You can find out more about Stinkpot at... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003275610357 0.0.2 Pancake Tortoise - You can see more of Sheldon, Swarley and Spartacus (RIP) at... http://www.youtube.com/user/SheldonandSwarely

02-04-2012, 05:44 PM	#9
pwinkie03 Member Hatchling Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 548	thanks for the thistle advice think ill chop the spikes off and see what they think of it, if i know my torts they will just ignore it and eat all the plantain anyway, thats what usually happens :P __________________ 1.0.0 Common Musk Turtle: You can find out more about Stinkpot at... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003275610357 0.0.2 Pancake Tortoise - You can see more of Sheldon, Swarley and Spartacus (RIP) at... http://www.youtube.com/user/SheldonandSwarely

02-04-2012, 08:03 PM	#10
pwinkie03 Member Hatchling Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 548	poor Spartacus... had a mouthful of bugle and it clearly tastes horrid as he desperately tried to get it out of his mouth, so wont be trying that again! saying that though.. he did really enjoy the thistle (once id cut the spiky bits off) and the bittercress so its not all bad The other two noshed on the plantain suprise suprise :P __________________ 1.0.0 Common Musk Turtle: You can find out more about Stinkpot at... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003275610357 0.0.2 Pancake Tortoise - You can see more of Sheldon, Swarley and Spartacus (RIP) at... http://www.youtube.com/user/SheldonandSwarely

01-04-2012, 08:32 PM	#2
alley cat Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,150	1. Bugle feed in moderation 2. Bittercress feed in moderation 3. Wallflower do not feed 4. Looks too spikey to be edible!

01-04-2012, 09:01 PM	#5
alley cat Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,150	Did you know that you have loads of Plantain growing amongst your Bittercress? that can be fed freely

02-04-2012, 09:30 AM	#7
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	The bottom one is just a common thistle, they do eat them when they are just small plants and not jagged so much

02-04-2012, 11:58 AM	#8
Watermelon Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,085	I fed thistle before but I chopped the edges off, another good way to get rid of the spikes on top of the leaf is to scrape with a knife or a blade of scissors. Mine were small then so I didnt want the spikes hurting them. I fed it last year and they werent too bothered about it.

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