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Is this a weed or a flower?

NKirkNKirk Posts: 23
in Problem solving
Hi,
Can anyone tell me what this plant is?
Many thanks
N
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  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    If possible, do you have another photo taken further back to see the shape and growth. Do the blue flowers belong to the plant? It looks a bit like Salvia Pretensis, Meadow Clary.
  • NKirkNKirk Posts: 23
    Growing just next to a salvia, here is another photo, purplish green stem...
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    edited May 2018
    Nipplewort (Lapsana communis), a weed.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I agree with Bob


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Fire LilyFire Lily Posts: 296
    I think it looks more like some type of Physalis. 
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I still agree with Bob :)



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Here's one from just now - not as well grown as this is under a couple of fruit trees instead of a flower border: :)

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • NKirkNKirk Posts: 23
    Borderline, BobTheGardener, NutCutlet and Fire Lily, many thanks for your help.
    Now to dig them out....
    N
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I've removed lots of those today


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • NKirkNKirk Posts: 23
    How deep are the roots?
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