Name of Weed and Flower

karenkte · August 2021

Please can someone advise / help to identify the following.

1. Pic 1 and 4 look like a flower but I think they are a weed. When I touched the flower head I felt it gave me a sharp sting.

2. Pic 2 and 5 is definately a weed and it seems to come up all over. What is this. No flower just leaves everywhere.

If 1 and 2 are weeds would roundup spot gel weedkiller work on them?

3. Pic 3 is a flower. What is this?

Is there a good book with great colour / large pictures that anyone could recommend to identify weeds. I worry I'm pulling out a plant when I'm weeding.

Thank you

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Dovefromabove · August 2021

1 and 4 White deadnettle … easiest way to get rid of them is, on a damp day, use a hand fork to loosen the roots then pull them up. They don’t sting but might give a slight prickle.

2 and 5 are Ground elder. A PITA and an ongoing struggle for many because the roots are brittle.

3 is a Japanese anemone. Pretty and useful in dryish shade, but inclined to make itself too much at home. Keep it under control. 😉

Fire · August 2021

I love dead nettle

Fairygirl · August 2021

I love the dead nettles, especially the white one

The pink Jap. anemone can be a bit invasive in some situations, so you might need to keep an eye on it.
Not sure if there's a good book on weeds, although someone else might be able to recommend one, but there are certainly plenty of good websites for IDing all sorts of native plants [ or weeds

] and wildlife etc, which might be a starting point for you. Just have a Google and see what you can find

robairdmacraignil · August 2021

To me picture 1 looks like one of the dead nettle plants. There are types that self sow in my own garden but I think the flower is nice so I don't count them as weeds. The type I get stays fairly small so it does not interfere with the other garden plants I have growing so I just let it do its own thing. If a plant is in the wrong place then it is a weed so if you don't like any of the plants in your garden then remove them and plant something in their place that you do like.

Picture 2 looks like ground elder that is a very difficult to control plant as it has a mass of underground stems that are difficult to remove.

Picture 3 looks like a wood anemone.

Sorry I can't offer any advice on using toxic chemicals in the garden as I prefer to keep these out of my garden and just chop down and dig up plants I don't want growing there.

Here is a link to a weed identification guide with pictures. I don't know of a good book with pictures for this.

Happy gardening!

Stacey.richards · August 2021

Wow that's a great weed identifier thanks!

Nanny Beach · August 2021

I wish Japanese Anemone would spread themselves in my garden,just bought 2 Frilly Knickers,and a short very dark pink almost red one with an unpronounceable name

Fairygirl · August 2021

Woodland anemones don't flower at this time of year, and assuming the photos are recent, it's a Jap. anemone in the OP/s post.

They aren't invasive round here either, but I expect they aren't all the same, and if they were in with something equally strong growing, they'd be kept in check to some extent.

TheGreenMan · August 2021

Dead nettles are great IMO. Bees love them AND I planted one under my hedge as a test and it’s loving life! I did also find about 20 seedlings in one of my potted grasses but they are easily removed.

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