identification please

 
hallo,


what are these things please?  and  is this giant grub harmful to my veg
or not?


thanks

karaman


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karaman

 

Looks familiar.  A Google image search for "purple weed" was a real
eye-opener, indeed!


Resembles some Daturas I have known and adored.


The odd beetle larva that turns up from time-to-time in the garden is
more likely a signature that all is well rather than an indication of
significant trouble worth devoting any time worrying over.


Black locust, Robinia pseudoacacia, seems likely.

 karaman said:

The purple plant looks like it could be some sort of Amaranthus.

The big green weed near the strawberries might be a thorn apple
(Datura stramonium).  (In the US I might also take a close look
at horsenettle, Solanum carolinense).  Either way, a potentially
large and poisonous weed in the Nightshade family.

The large grub might be the larva of a predatory beetle. It doesn't
look like any of the obnoxious beetle grubs I'm familiar with.

The flowering tree looks like a showy cultivar of the black locust
(Robinia pseudoacacia) which is marketed under the name "Purple
Robe locust."  


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Pat in Plymouth MI
    
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I was wondering if it was Orach, aka mountain spinach.  It's been some time
since I've grown it so will defer to others on ID.

 proabably not much help karaman,

google searches might help or you nearest nursery.

top to botom:

looks like a plant we call the beef steak plant

yep looks like a weed we get here so look for common weeds in your
search.

being a grub no matter it will eat the foliage of you plants most
preffer vege's

no good with flowers

told you i was of littel help hey have a nice day

On Tue, 31 May 2011 02:49:07 +0000, karaman

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Matthew 25:13 KJV
"Watch therefore, for ye know neither
the day nor the hour wherein the Son
of man cometh"

Mark 13:33 "Take ye heed, watch and pray:
for ye know not when the time is".

and also: Isaiah 38:1&17-18 KJV

1: Thus saith the Lord, set thine house in order: for thou shalt die and not
live.
17: for thou hast cast all my sins behind my back.
18: For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that go
down in the pit cannot hope for truth.

len

With peace and brightest of blessings,

"Seek truth and understanding will follow"

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