Weed or flower? Updated

[catjac1975]

At first it screamed weed to me. The last picture looked like perennial Echium. Is it prickly at all? If it is Echium it will have bright blue blooms or pink.

 

[annageckos]

Doesn't look like black eye susan to me, I have a bunch of it growing in my gardens. It does kinda look similar to a plant I have, not sure what it is yet. I think it came from a wildflower seed mix. It didn't flower last year, but it looks like it will be this year.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

At first it screamed weed to me. The last picture looked like perennial Echium. Is it prickly at all? If it is Echium it will have bright blue blooms or pink.

I looked up Echium and it does look like it, but I never saw anything like it on my property before.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

Doesn't look like black eye susan to me, I have a bunch of it growing in my gardens. It does kinda look similar to a plant I have, not sure what it is yet. I think it came from a wildflower seed mix. It didn't flower last year, but it looks like it will be this year.

It sure is interesting. I had a blackeyed Susan last year, so I have been looking for seedlings from that too, but have not see any.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

The flowers started opening today. We did not pull them in the front yard and just waited to see if they were weeds. I am not sure how many of these we have, but probably 10.

 

[digitS']

Canterbury bells! Now, why didn't I recognize it?!?

Taken not 5 minutes ago with my cell phone, against my greenhouse's north wall:

digitS'

 

[journey11]

Very pretty! Good thing you didn't pull it.

 

[bj taylor]

what a lovely surprise

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

Canterbury bells! Now, why didn't I recognize it?!?

digitS'

They are pretty. I just do not know how they got in the back of the house, but I guess I could have carried seeds from transplanting other flowers last year.