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rachel.knoxrachel.knox Posts: 25
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Hi

Can anyone help me identify this plant? They have started to pop up all over my garden and I’m not sure if it’s a weed or something I’ve planted previously and forgot about. 

Thanks 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That looks to me like one of the willow herbs

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/solve-problems/willowherb/

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





  • rachel.knoxrachel.knox Posts: 25
    I've just searched willow herbs and it does look similar. Do they always flower? I don't think I would mind them too much if they produce a pretty flower. Although some information does say that it's a weed and can take over the garden. Do you think it's worth keeping? 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You would mind. They seed everywhere! Pretty flowers though.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    There’s a place for willow herb if you have a few acres and a wildlife area that you’re happy to let go a bit wild ... they’re a good plant for all sorts of butterflies and moths ... but in ‘a normal garden’ they can be a right PITA as they spread by underground stolons and by their seeds which float on the air like thistledown 🙄 

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





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