Are they weeds?

These two plants were growing as volunteers in my Strawberry bush Josephine. I replanted them and now I am wondering what they are? The first looked/looks like a datura, especially with its fuzzy leaves but as it grows I am more uncertain of that. The second plant I am clueless about. If they are weeds the pot can be dumped but if they might be something more useful I would like to know.
BTW, I am fight Datura all throughout my garden bed! It is a horrible weed in there. If I ever plant wrightii again it will be in some barren corner with no way for it to escape and no real care given to it.

plant 2

Been a very long time since I have seen a Comfrey plant but that stirred up some memory cells if it is please keep it..

I also thought of comfrey when I saw #1. Put it in a pot, not in the ground! It's very invasive!

I don't really have a use for comfrey if thats what it is. No more pots in plants! They are too much work in this climate. I have reduced my pots by quite a few this year.
C
I looked at comfrey pics and I think the vein pattern on the leaves is very different from comfrey but I am not familiar with this plant in person so its hard to say for certain.

This message was edited Jun 29, 2012 9:24 AM

well it has been so 30years since I last had a Confrey plant but I do want another one

Cheryl the first plant looks like Common Evening Primrose, Oenothera biennis a very interesting plant and it is hardy.
http://wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=OEBI

The second is Wild Petunia, Ruellia nudiflora, another very good plant hardy and drought tolerant.
http://wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RUNU

They both look very healthy.

This message was edited Jun 29, 2012 11:46 AM

That pot came from you but number 2 is not nudiflora, I have tons of that and its not like the others.

Hum, well I am not sure what it is then, but I am pretty sure it is not a datura, it kind of resembles a type of sunflower.

I thought the one you IDed as primrose was a datura.
The second one is a mystery indeed but trust me its not nudiflora.
At least I know one.

The primrose is a biennial, does that mean it will bloom next year? I stay away from primroses because they have been quite invasive in my yard in the past. Would this biennial be easier to control?

Yes it will bloom next year, and no it selfseeds but easy to pull up. The neat thing is it blooms in the evening and you can watch it unfold.

Then I will plant it somewhere and try and mark it for next year. Any ideas about the second plant? It looks familiar but honestly I can't ID it.
C

I really can't think of anything, let it grow and it may become obvious then.

I will take a couple of Datura's. :)

The first plant is developing a bud and the flower looks to be yellow. Any ideas now or should I repost when and if it opens.
C

It's a DYT...darn yellow thing.

Cheryl, I noticed on my walk this morning that my neighbor down the street has these growing in their flower bed. They don't get very tall, looked like only 6" or so and the flowers were very nice. I have no idea on the name, but wanted to let you know it's not a weed.

Great! it will be neat to find out what it is.

The flowers so far are small and not very showy so I am doubting its anything anyone would plant. Still I will give it a little while longer but so far its not useful.
C

Looks a lot like "poke weed, poke sallet". Mitch gifted me with a plant when he moved and it is growing along the fence in our alley.

Do you think it could be one of the Rudbeckias? it kind of looks like it. Is it hairy, or rough?

Its rough and could be but honestly the flower is so small its not something anyone would grow as an ornamental. Still I will give it some time to see.
C

Good, it will be worth it to find out.

Cheryl, I think your second plant is Goldeneye, Viguiera dentata, you gave me some of those too.
http://wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VIDE3

I don't have those. Flower was tiny and the plant was composted

That was not the plant.

Well I guess I was confused, we shall see what the plants I have turn out to be.

Heliopsis helianthoides is the plants (seedlings) I gave you.
C

Thank you for reminding me about it, the marker had fallen off and i could'nt remember the name.