Ruth wrote:

Hello there

I am wondering whether anyone might have a piccie of what a verbena
bonariensis seedling looks like? I planted some mature verbena plants
last year and this year, there seem to be clumps of seedlings fairly
close to some of the plants. However, there are a few clumps of similar
looking seedlings close to one or two other things so I am trying to
work out if some of the plants have self-seeded or not or whether I just
need to be doing a bit more weeding! Some of the seedlings are growing
second leaves now and although these leaves seem to look 'serrated',
they are roundish rather than long as on the mature plants..... Can
anyone help?

I haven't got a picture, but in past years I've had good, nay,
overwhelming crops of seedlings. Look for slightly serrated leaves with
a rather pronounced pattern of veination, stems and leaf edges (in
memory) with a hint of pink/purple. The seedlings start to resemble the
adult leaf form within two or three sets of leaves, so you haven't long
to wait to ID them.

Good luck :-)

regards
sarah


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