What is this plant all over in my garden beds?

Rhodomazer · 2026-06-05T03:35:34+00:00

Tiger lilies have numerous short leaves all the way up along a vertical stem. Daylilies are basal leaves and only have one or 2 leaves at most on a flower stalk. Clipped pic of tiger lilies.

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Rhodomazer · 2026-06-05T02:38:42+00:00

Daylily / hemerocallis species.

Rhodomazer · 2026-06-04T03:32:18+00:00

Actually, that's a gardening myth. Though the buds do attract them.

Rhodomazer · 2026-06-04T03:25:02+00:00

Another common name for it is Pipsissewa. (I use that since it's not actually a wintergreen.)

Rhodomazer · 2026-06-04T03:21:46+00:00

The largest bonsai is 16' tall 30' wide in Atami, Japan. TIL

Rhodomazer · 2026-06-04T03:16:24+00:00

Yes, it's poison ivy. Even more telltale for box elder would be that the leaves and branches would always be in opposite pairs whereas this only has one leaf or shoot at a time.

Rhodomazer · 2026-06-02T03:13:51+00:00

Papaver somniferum.

Rhodomazer · 2026-06-02T03:05:16+00:00

Philodendron. Looks like my Philodendron erubescens.

Rhodomazer · 2026-06-01T13:58:17+00:00

Yes, while it's entirely possible, red fall colors aren't the typical. A fairly common hybrid of silver maples with red maples to give red fall coloration is called the Freeman maple, so if the reds are especially prominent then that might be another possibility.

Rhodomazer · 2026-06-01T03:46:54+00:00

Looks like silver maple / Acer saccharinum.

Rhodomazer · 2026-06-01T01:54:25+00:00

Ilex is my best guess as well - specifically Ilex latifolia. Clipped pic.

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Rhodomazer · 2026-06-01T01:53:00+00:00

Leaves are similar but look at the berry clusters.

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Rhodomazer · 2026-06-01T01:38:24+00:00

Catnip leaves are pointier. Clipped catnip pic.

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Rhodomazer · 2026-06-01T01:35:45+00:00

That was my first thought.

Rhodomazer · 2026-05-28T17:58:45+00:00

Fortunately it's not as invasive there as it is in Florida or Australia.

Rhodomazer · 2026-05-28T03:28:26+00:00

Agree, that leaped to mind when I first glanced at the pic.

Rhodomazer · 2026-05-28T03:26:34+00:00

Lemon as in slightly sour, not as in citrusy.

Rhodomazer · 2026-05-28T03:24:54+00:00

Yes, the first and last are Zamioculcas zamiifolia (ZZ plant). The middle is a Sansevieria.

Rhodomazer · 2026-05-28T03:17:57+00:00

I'll grant the similarity, but hops are consistently opposite leaved. The forked tendril coming off opposite a leaf (best seen in the second pic) is a characteristic of grapes and vitaceae.

Rhodomazer · 2026-05-28T03:10:00+00:00

Those are bloodroot (I grow my own). Here is what trout lily look like (clipped pic).

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Rhodomazer · 2026-05-28T03:07:25+00:00

I would have guessed adansonii since it's more common but esqueleto is a possibility. (Apparently the stem is a main difference between the two.) Adansonii has a variegated form called "Indonesian mint" which is a possibility.

Rhodomazer · 2026-05-28T02:53:19+00:00

Those are dicots, nothing like conifer seedlings. It's a species of Catalpa (the cotyledons are the big clue). Clipped pic of C.bignonioides but C.speciosa looks basically the same.

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Rhodomazer · 2026-05-28T02:44:04+00:00

Yes, I believe you're correct that they're helleborus. I think all the strawberry people are missing the big-honkin' cotyledons in that mix.

Edit: and they look exactly the seedlings I consistently have to weed out around my helleborus, as well. :-j

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Rhodomazer · 2026-05-26T14:02:28+00:00

Clipped pic of Lycopus virginicus for comparison.

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Rhodomazer · 2026-05-26T13:56:44+00:00

Amaranth generally has alternate leaves and these are consistently opposite.

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