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Plant ID help please!

Vix and ScottVix and Scott Posts: 21
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Hello! Does anyone know what this is? It’s gone a bit wild in recent weeks & I’m unsure how best to maintain it. Should I trim it back down to the roots? Or is it a weed? e

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Yes, you can cut it down and it will re grow. It's a hardy geranium, maybe Johnson's Blue.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Vix and ScottVix and Scott Posts: 21
    Yes, that’s just what it looks like! Thank you kindly  :#
  • ThankthecatThankthecat Posts: 421
    edited June 2018
    I think the flowers are too light for Johnson's Blue, and the plant a bit more lax and leggy. I've got a geranium just like this in my garden - can't remember what it's called but I'll have the label somewhere. Could be g pratense Mrs Kendall Clarke, off the top of my head... It needs support - I plant it in between clumps of Nepeta Six Hills Giant and that holds it up beautifully :)
  • Vix and ScottVix and Scott Posts: 21
    Ooh interesting, thanks. Maybe we’ll have to look into relocating it to give it some support.. 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Mrs Kendall Clarke has white veins which are not present on OP's photos.
    Devon.
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