A couple of questions please?

Sunbeam · 11-05-2008, 11:32 AM

I have studied the excellent edible plants and weeds pictures but there are a few that I see around my garden (which backs on to a field so gets lots of weeds. I wonder either what they are or if they are edible for my med torts.

Weed 1 which sometimes has a lilac flower on it

and

weed 2

Thanks for looking ...

K x

chris_walton · 11-05-2008, 11:51 AM

hi

its a yes for both if you look at the first one it has a square stem and as a general rule everything with a square stem is edible

and the second one is a type of trefoil or the pea family which can be i'd by the pea shaped flowers

chris x x

**sarah** · 11-05-2008, 12:06 PM

Second one is hop trefoil

sandy · 11-05-2008, 12:56 PM

Isnt the first one campanula?
Looks like it to me, which would be edible.
Sorry just looked at the bigger picture and it has hairy stems I think. Which would not be
campanula.

chris_walton · 11-05-2008, 01:55 PM

sandy its a type of bugle

sandy · 11-05-2008, 03:53 PM

Thanks Chris, the leave certainly look like campanula, but the hairy stalks dont<g>.

Sunbeam · 13-05-2008, 02:27 PM

Thank you all for your in put.

K x

11-05-2008, 11:32 AM	#1
Sunbeam Member Incubating Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: England Posts: 138	A couple of questions please? I have studied the excellent edible plants and weeds pictures but there are a few that I see around my garden (which backs on to a field so gets lots of weeds. I wonder either what they are or if they are edible for my med torts. Weed 1 which sometimes has a lilac flower on it and weed 2 Thanks for looking ... K x

11-05-2008, 11:51 AM	#2
chris_walton Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: May 2007 Location: chester Posts: 1,329	hi its a yes for both if you look at the first one it has a square stem and as a general rule everything with a square stem is edible and the second one is a type of trefoil or the pea family which can be i'd by the pea shaped flowers chris x x __________________

11-05-2008, 12:06 PM	#3
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11-05-2008, 12:56 PM	#4
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	Isnt the first one campanula? Looks like it to me, which would be edible. Sorry just looked at the bigger picture and it has hairy stems I think. Which would not be campanula. __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

11-05-2008, 01:55 PM	#5
chris_walton Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: May 2007 Location: chester Posts: 1,329	sandy its a type of bugle __________________

11-05-2008, 03:53 PM	#6
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	Thanks Chris, the leave certainly look like campanula, but the hairy stalks dont<g>. __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

13-05-2008, 02:27 PM	#7
Sunbeam Member Incubating Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: England Posts: 138	Thank you all for your in put. K x

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