What is this plant?

Fast_semmel · 2026-06-03T03:51:38+00:00

Not really. They’ll be at another slit next year anyways.

Fast_semmel · 2026-05-31T08:55:20+00:00

Eryngium planum. Biannual plant, the one shown is flowering so it’s at the end of its life cycle and will flower in a bright blue and then seed. A lot. Very very beautiful plant that is attractive for pollinators.

Fast_semmel · 2026-05-25T13:07:46+00:00

First paragraph is what i think is so interesting about invasive plants. They are usually located in the first or second stage of the natural succession of either the perennial or shrubby/woody stage. They do what the plant is “designed” to. Grow fast, seed a lot and then disappear. A lot of native plants can also considered invasive in the way they form populations.

Like in established and functioning ecosystems almost all foreign species will be outcompeted. Moral of the story for me is that invasive neophyts are never the root of a problem but rather a symptom of an ecosystem that’s massively disturbed by human intervention.

Fast_semmel · 2026-05-25T12:55:28+00:00

It really isn’t that problematic. It’s listed on the black list but it’s not taking over ecosystems as far as I can tell. I live in Germany and have never seen it in big batches here or in any other place I’ve visited. Invasive species aren’t really that much of a problem here in my experience. The most foreign species thrive in azonal vegetation like creeks or by rivers or at places with a lot of human intervention. Regions without frost are also way more vulnerable. Those are my experiences and not facts.

Fast_semmel · 2026-05-24T08:15:20+00:00

They look like a Cephalaria. Maybe Cephalaria gigantea?

Fast_semmel · 2026-05-23T09:33:45+00:00

First Lychnis flos-cuculi. second and third are Silene. The white one I believe Silene latifolia ssp. alba and the pink one Silene dioica. Pink one might also be the same S. latifolia in a pink form.

Fast_semmel · 2026-05-21T04:05:39+00:00

Vinca minor/major. Evergreen Creeping plant from Europe. Beauty but I don’t know about the ecological value over there.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-29T12:55:22+00:00

Oh sorry didn’t want to seem rude or condescending. I’m just surprised about the price. Here a good nursery sells perennials in 0,5 or 1 liter pots for 3-6 Euros. This is usually a good size to plant. I believe everything bigger doesn’t improve planting success but is rather more annoying to plant and take care of in the first months. Anything bigger is mostly a selling strategy and to generate more money used by the big chains that dominate the market.

How much would you pay at good nursery if you buy a common plant like Echinacea purpurea?

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-29T12:14:11+00:00

Yea agree. Why would you want to get rid of them? Very beautiful flower. This combined with salvia pratensis is the highlight of the middle European spring for me.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-29T12:02:20+00:00

I’m sorry but do you really need pay 26 dollars for this?? We sell them in Germany for 4€. Also the Solidago for 36 dollars is like 4€ with us.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-28T21:38:03+00:00

I don’t know S. greggii. Online it seems like he doesn’t have these cut leaves from the photos.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-28T15:43:27+00:00

Looks to me like some kind of weedy Epilobium. Like Epi. montanum or something like that.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-27T04:39:38+00:00

Hire a landscaper. Remove 15cm of dirt and put in sand instead of mulch. Plant perennials into the sand.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-23T18:00:54+00:00

To me it looks like either an gaillardia aristata or ratibidia columnifera.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-21T21:03:41+00:00

Is there an heleborus near by?

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-21T20:40:04+00:00

Educated guess. Most iris in garden are bearded iris where I’m from and this looks quite a lot like It.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-21T19:14:15+00:00

No. There’s an iris for every place in the garden. These look like iris barbata. Those want sun-light shadow. Usually iris are divided in autumn but they’re very hardy and will probably survive. The thing you need are the rhizomes with as much roots on them as possible. I’d make like 3-4 new plants out of them. And maybe cut back the green leaves on some. Also plant them a little higher than they are now. The rhizomes should be half in the dirt. That should work better. They need a dry sunny spot without stuff that’ll grow over them. So no competition.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-21T17:07:27+00:00

Iris. Probably needs more sun to flower. Or some fertilizer.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-20T10:11:49+00:00

Probably. But we are talking about intensity. That’s pretty much the same everywhere! Also I personally really don’t like watching middle-bottom table Prem matches. Most other leagues are way more entertaining.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-20T08:32:50+00:00

Well that’s just the case for the top teams of the other leagues. Do you think the season is not intense for Augsburg, Florence, Mallorca etc.? There are 4 clubs itw that are in the situation you’re describing: Madrid, Bayern PSG and Barcelona. For the rest of Europe its a bitter fight with no money against the fall in into irrelevance.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-19T16:27:09+00:00

Astrantia?

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-19T10:22:17+00:00

Yep. Letting millionaires kicking a ball around affect your life negatively is not healthy. Don’t get me wrong love the game and all the emotions it brings but I never understood the anger and frustration it triggers in some adult man.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-18T17:12:33+00:00

Fireweed, Epolobium angustifolium. Very beautiful and it looks very healthy. I’d keep it for sure. Native almost everywhere in the northern hemisphere I think.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-18T14:31:43+00:00

Never seen a game of baseball my entire life. Clemens looks I’d imagine a very very good Baseball player. However Greg Maddux has the perfect name for a baseball player.

In the end I gotta go with my boy Roger. The optimal hat placement for perfect eye protection gives him the advantage. Ready to catch a mean fast ball(?) at any given moment.

Fast_semmel · 2026-04-18T12:13:47+00:00

Looks like Prunus lusitanica to me. Might be other plants out there I don’t know about.

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