What am I growing that I’m sure I didn’t plant?!

It looks like Lords and Ladies from the allium family. It is very invasive so dig deep and get the nut like tuber out

Arum Maculatum aka Lords and Ladies or Cuckoo Pint. It will throw up a flower stalk and the green berries that follow will turn bright red. They are highly poisonous.

It's lovely in flower arrangements , but so annoying in the garden .
Yesterday , I noticed that it's growing in every flower bed .

It’s very poisonous t isn’t it

Plantnet app is useful in this situation.

Oh, thank you all! I wondered about that, but thought that the leaves of Cuckoo Pint/Lords and Ladies started nearer the ground. I knew I hadn’t planted it!

these threads worry me as i know nothing about poisonous plants and that just looks like a nice green plant

As long as you don't eat it, JaneJudge it will be fine!

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Sorry, I was trying to show the app is very good at identifying plants from a photo, I’ll retreat now 🙂

I have a variegated variety planted in the woodland garden. It shines throughout the winter, and then the leaves die off leaving a pop of colour during late summer/autumn/winter.

If the leaves look like this then it is cuckoo pint, attractive red berries which are poisonous to humans and animals; the sap is poisonous too so wear gloves.

My garden border is full of it despite pulling/digging up bucketsful 🤬
I have no idea where it came from, probably a rogue seed dropped by a bird?

I have the variegated one too * whitewave* it’s pretty but gets very big no idea where most of my plants come from 🤣

We have some in the most difficult to access point in the garden. It’s very happy. Afraid I’m not.