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EricaheatherEricaheather Posts: 204
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Hi
Can anyone please tell me what this plant is? The one with little purple flowers.

Many thanks

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  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Prunella vulgaris
  • EricaheatherEricaheather Posts: 204
    Many thanks 👍
  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    Self-heal, to me a weed, colonising my lawn.
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    Spent hours today digging clumps of self heal out of my (large) lawn, it creeps and seeds, a real pest. If you mow over it it just hunkers down and spreads just the same. Picture is a 4' x 6' patch that last year was only a small clump.
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    It's a great lawn plant, goes well with clover, bees love it. 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If you don’t want it to run rampant in the lawn you need to mow the lawn fire often and give it a thorough raking with a spring tine lawn rake every so often. That’ll keep it to a minimum. 

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





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