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What is this please?

Jon.carpenter1972Jon.carpenter1972 Posts: 5
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We are in a new house and this has appeared from nowhere. What is it please?


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  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    Common name is Solomon seal ( polygonatum ) Slugs / snails love them.
  • Jon.carpenter1972Jon.carpenter1972 Posts: 5
    Thanks very much
  • Jon.carpenter1972Jon.carpenter1972 Posts: 5
    Looks like the bees also love it.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I love it too. Just seems to multiply every year. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Jon.carpenter1972Jon.carpenter1972 Posts: 5
    It seemed to appear from nowhere!
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Yes, and goes on appearing😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    I love it.  Watch out for grey sawfly larvae which can strip the foliage in a couple of days or so and leave them looking a real mess.  Unfortunately, the birds seem to find the larvae distasteful so I regularly pick 'em off by hand once I see the damage start.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    BobTheGardener said:
    Watch out for grey sawfly larvae which can strip the foliage in a couple of days or so
    They are a pain, but they look quite funny when you see them doing synchronised eating :)
  • Jon.carpenter1972Jon.carpenter1972 Posts: 5
    Thanks for the tips.
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