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Plant ID, weed or flower?!

LLMLLM Posts: 52
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Hi all,

We dug a load of these up today from my parents garden.does anybody know if they are a plant or weed? 

Thanks!

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Aquilegia I think.  The wild form does seed around and some consider it a weed.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    You are lucky. I lost all mine to mildew a few years ago.  It was a new strain which also wiped out the National Collection of Aquilegias.
    East Anglia
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Looks like an aquilegia to me. I like them and let them seed around.
  • Fire LilyFire Lily Posts: 296
    It could also be a Thalictrum aquilegifolium. Notice the similarity in the name. :)
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Although similar to Thalictrum, the Aquilegia leaves are thicker and bigger.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    aquilegia, not Thalictrum


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    That being the case the answer is 'yes'. It's a pretty flower and it self seeds so it can be a weed. 
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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