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20-08-2005, 07:08 PM

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Please help me identify the plants in an area I planted wildflower
seed last fall.. I planted an area last fall aprox 40' x 200' with
wildflower and wild grass seed. I believe I planted much of it too
deep, and the Bluestem grass never did come up. This spring It
looked like I had a lot of purple coneflower and blackeyed susan
seedlings coming up...... Then the white sweet clover showed up. I
still had a good understory of plants and gave up on pulling the
sweet clover when it was between waist and chest high. Believe it
or not, there was still plants down bellow. Then I hit some of the
high clover with roundup, thinking it wouldn't make the understory.
..... Well, when the high clover turned brown their wasn't much
alive down bellow either. maybe just had enough of insufficient
light to keep going.

anyway. I have taken some pictures in areas where I pulled the
clover or mowed over it. I need help identifying the plants in the
pictures, especially the ones with the jagged edge leaves, This
group wouldn't let me attach photo's. The leaves are aprox the
same size of purple cone flower leaves some are same general shape,
others are rounder. All have a jagged edge. The plant or seedling
is same structure as a coneflower. They did not flower. (I
understand that many perennials take 2 yrs to flower, but don't
know if these are weeds or flowers.

I went to the library and looked online but could not find a picture
database of flower seedlings and young plants to compare with ( at
least not by shape)

If they are weeds, I guess I will have to hit the whole thing with
roundup and replant this fall or next spring. I was hoping I
wouldn't have to do this. I also have interspersed the area with
iris, daisies, cornflowers, etc. I can't stand the thick, high
clover...

Post the pix in alt.binaries.pictures.gardens.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5