By Pathumwan
Nottinghamshire,
United Kingdom 
hi I have these two weeds or maybe plants growing in my garden and I can not find out what they are could your experts please tell me what they are befor I compost them? I attach some snaps of them.Kind regards Trevor Lawrence (NOTTINGHAM)
17 Jun, 2013
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Top one is phacelia a lovely wild flower and green manure. Bottom one is a yellow perennial daisy.
17 Jun, 2013
The first one's easy, as it's often grown as a bee attractant alongside crops. It's phacelia tanacetifolia, also used as a green manure, as it's very quick to mature and flower. It does self-seed easily, but that's no bad thing as bumblebees and hoverflies love it, and they're two of our top beneficial insects. The second - hmm, daisy lovers out there?
17 Jun, 2013
Oops, should have known immediately, but it didn't click. It's corn marigold, chrysanthemum segetum. Rare in the wild now.
17 Jun, 2013
Thank you all you have saved two plants from the compost,now where do I put them! in my garden.regards Trevor
17 Jun, 2013
Just let them grow where they are... basically they are wild flowers
17 Jun, 2013
Save the seed of the phacelia and pass it around. Great bee plant, and they need all the help they can get
17 Jun, 2013
phacelia looks lovely i want one. ;)
17 Jun, 2013
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