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Weed ID needed please

PyraPyra Posts: 152
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Hey, does anyone know what this is? I cut it back a few weeks ago but its started to grow back with force. It has runners and it smells quite a bit. Rather unpleasant smell. Thanks in advance.

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Creeping buttercup.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Yes, creeping buttercup. Cutting back will just encourage it. It has to be dug out, can be tough as it has lots of roots that try hard not to be dug out.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Agree with @Busy-Lizzie. It's a horrible weed (although the flowers are pretty) and has multiple very long roots. I get it in one of my borders. Just hate it. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Water the ground first and let it soak in a while.  Makes the roots much easier to shift.

    Leave them on the side to dry out completely before you put them on the compost heap.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • PyraPyra Posts: 152
    Urgh. Great, thanks. I'll try digging it out. Would covering the area and smothering it help? 
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    edited July 2020
    Only if you have got out all the roots, it's a perennial and it spreads. If it were completely covered with black plastic or weed suppressant fabric for a year it might, but mulch wouldn't work.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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