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Weed? Friend or foe? ID help

FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
in Problem solving
This has appeared in some of my borders and I’m sure it’s nothing I’ve planted. No flowers but I have no idea what it is! 
Can anyone identify please? I’d be very grateful! 


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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Looks like wild strawberry to me. Mine are tasteless so they're a weed to me but ,apparently ,some taste good. Either way, they creep and seed all over the place so can be a real PITA
    I think there's an oak seedling there too 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    Hi @B3 thank you for the response! I’ve no idea where they’ve come from!!! I’ll try get them out. We get raspberries popping up too from years ago. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think that’s Potentilla reptans ... Creeping cinquefoil

    https://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_pages/potentilla_reptans_creeping_cinquefoil.htm

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





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Could well be. They are very similar. At least I got the weed bit right😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    B3 said:
    Could well be. They are very similar. At least I got the weed bit right😊
    You definitely did ✅ 
    😂 

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





  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    Ooh thank you @Dovefromabove! 
    I will have a research and find out how best to remove it.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    5  leaves, cinque  -  eejit  moi (polyglot: Irish/ French) @Dovefromabove.
     However I maintain that wild strawberry ( with three leaves trois/ tre) is a total PITA and, if original poster should happen upon it in they future, they will be prepared😊

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    B3 said:
    5  leaves, cinque  -  eejit  moi (polyglot: Irish/ French) @Dovefromabove.
     However I maintain that wild strawberry ( with three leaves trois/ tre) is a total PITA and, if original poster should happen upon it in they future, they will be prepared😊

    You’re right there too @B3 ✅ 

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





  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    I will prepare for an onslaught of both strawberry and cinquefoil nature 💪
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