I planted most of these last year. I dont remember what they are! Im also wondering if the native plants in the front have been spread to the back now as I think one of these is mustard?
by frogEcho
I planted most of these last year. I dont remember what they are! Im also wondering if the native plants in the front have been spread to the back now as I think one of these is mustard?
by frogEcho
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https://plantnet.org/en/
Try this, it can get you confidence estimates on which species, may need better pics to get good ones.
First one says tarragon or slender mountain mint. I guess the mint if you were planting natives? Moss phlox comes in at a distant third.
Just guesses but 1 looks like butterfly weed, 2 is some sort of mint, 3 is milkweed? Don’t know 4. Again just guesses, without flowers and just one photo its hard to tell
3 looks like my Amsonia (eastern bluestar) that is coming up. Do either of the first two have square stems and have strong smells when you rub on the leaves? If they smell like a mint then they are probably a mint. If they smell like licorice, they are probably agastache foeniculum (my guess on number 2)
First one Slender Mountain Mint , second Blue Mistflowers , third Eastern Blue Star fourth is Garlic Mustard
1 if def narrow leaf mountain mint! Looks exactly like mine
to me 1 looks more like some other flowering plants i’ve seen (i forget if it’s pinks, phlox, or something else….) if it’s mountain mint that’s easy to rub and smell to check if it smells like mint. last one doesn’t look like garlic mustard to me at all, if so that should also smell of garlic when you rub.
My guesses:
1- Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
2- Mistflower or maybe Boneset, but the leaves look a little small for boneset to me
3- Amsonia
4- no idea
I am not sure that is garlic mustard, which is not native and in fact terribly invasive. Does it smell like garlic if you crush a leaf? The smell of garlic mustard is very strong. You may want to post a picture of your mustard in r/whatsthisplant if you aren’t sure what it is.
Mustards will spread easily since the seeds are little balls that catch on things easily. Many are biennials that will flower their second year and then die.