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Weed identification

Can anyone help identify the attached weed which is making huge inroads to my small garden, please?

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum.)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    Think you will find it is Herb Robert. (Common name) I forgot the latin one. Something robertianum.
    Does it have little mid pinky purple flowers, quite small?
    The plant itself is not hard to pull up, they do not root deeply. Do as many as you can and try not to let them seed.
    They "ping" everywhere.

  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    I like their smell.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Papi Jo said:
    I like their smell.
    So do I @Papi Jo 🌸 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Thank you, wise people. I'm relieved it's not a weed! I'll simply keep it in check. Cheers!!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Some/most people regard it as a weed ... I let it grow in the wilder parts of the garden. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I pull it out, I think it stinks.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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