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What is this?

s602015s602015 Posts: 6
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HI all, anyone know what this is. Have loads growing behind my shed. Thanks

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  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Think it is green alkanet.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That’s what it looks like to me too. A deep rooted invasive weed. Dig it out while you have the chance and before it spreads everywhere. Don’t let it seed. 

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





  • s602015s602015 Posts: 6
    I keep digging it out and it keeps coming back. I was hoping it was comfrey, at least that has a use !!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s very tenacious. At our last place the house opposite had it all over the front garden. I lived in dread of the day it learnt to cross the road ... 😉 

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





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    You can use it in pretty much the same way as comfrey:

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • s602015s602015 Posts: 6
    Thanks Bob, will use it to my advantage instead of binning it. :)
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