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What is this plant? (Summer bedding?)

NewGreenieNewGreenie Posts: 20
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I cut a bit off to take a picture it has spread quite abit and has just started to grow, any ideas what it is? 

Thanks! 

Lou x
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    anything but summer bedding.
    Maybe Lysimachia. A photo of it growing would be good


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • NewGreenieNewGreenie Posts: 20

  • NewGreenieNewGreenie Posts: 20
    louisecopeland1991 said:

    It has spread quite abit and the stems are quite a pinky/red colour. :smile:
  • NewGreenieNewGreenie Posts: 20
    nutcutlet said:
    anything but summer bedding.
    Maybe Lysimachia. A photo of it growing would be good

    Thankyou! You are right. Just googled it and it does come up with yellow flowers! My nan in law gave me it last year and it has grown back :)
    Lucky I didn't chop it out the ground. Thanks very much for your help. I'm a newbie to gardening so hopefully I will get better in time! Thanks for your time again.
  • NewGreenieNewGreenie Posts: 20
    cedarvalley said:
    Yes, Lysimachia, aka 'Yellow Loosestrife'. I have it coming up as well. 
    Thankyou very much :) 
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    edited March 2019
    It looks rather like a weed I get in my garden a lot but I haven't yet been able to identify it. It has deep roots which break easily and also self seeds but the plantlets are easy to pull up if you get them early.

    This might not be the same thing, might even be a perennial you planted and forgot but it does look like the weed I get on my damp clay soil. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It is a perennial that people plat on purpose but it's also a thug as it spreads so easily.  I don't like the yellow flowers or the tall purple version but I do like the white one - lysimachia clethroides alba and have seeds for a lovely purpley red one called Beaujolais.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Hope you have better luck with L. Beaujolais than me @Obelixx.
    When I have grown the seed, it only seems to last for 2 years, then I never see it again.
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    When you don't even know who's in the team

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    punkdoc said:
    Hope you have better luck with L. Beaujolais than me @Obelixx.
    When I have grown the seed, it only seems to last for 2 years, then I never see it again.
    Same here - I bought plants last year and they look OK at the moment but it's too early to know whether it'll last any longer than my seed-raised ones.  Maybe it needs to be treated as a biennial.  The white one (clethroides alba), on the other hand, is a complete and utter thug here.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Oh crumbs!  I have quite enough challenges in this garden already.  However I do really like the flower shape and colour so I'll give them a go.   Brought a clump of clethroides with me and will be very happy if they spread.   Lots of new beds coming up so plenty of room.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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