Weed ID

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• B3 Posts: 27,505

  November 2021

  Looks like it might be forget me nots

  In London. Keen but lazy.

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• Busy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

  November 2021

  That's what I think too.  They seed themselves like mad.

  Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  November 2021

  Yes, forget-me-nots. They're distinctive even at a young age, with the prominent central leaf vein.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  November 2021

  Easy to move where you want them. Use a trowel and take a large chunk of soil with them and water in.  They look good under  tulips, and hide the dying leaves of alliums.
  

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• muckyhandsmike Posts: 239

  November 2021

  Yes forget me knots. They can be quite attractive even though they spread well. 

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  November 2021

  
  

  I let them grow where they’ll look lovely then pull them up when they’re past their best and look straggly. Enough self-sow to give me another pretty picture the next spring. 😊 

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

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• HarryWhite Posts: 51

  October 2023

  Hi
  I've neglected a corner of my garden this year and I've had these weeds turn up on mass..
  
  
  
  Could somebody identify these for me and point me in the direction of what i should be doing with them? They've spread so quickly.
  They're around 6 to 8 inches tall.
  
  
  

  I've just seen Ronnie O'Sullivan at the garden center. I think he was eyeing up a plant.

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• robairdmacraignil Posts: 782

  October 2023

  HarryWhite said:

  Hi
  I've neglected a corner of my garden this year and I've had these weeds turn up on mass..
  
  
  
  Could somebody identify these for me and point me in the direction of what i should be doing with them? They've spread so quickly.
  They're around 6 to 8 inches tall.
  
  
  

  
  

  HarryWhite said:

  Hi
  I've neglected a corner of my garden this year and I've had these weeds turn up on mass..
  
  
  
  Could somebody identify these for me and point me in the direction of what i should be doing with them? They've spread so quickly.
  They're around 6 to 8 inches tall.
  
  
  

  
  

  Is it creeping cinquefoil?

  
  

  I have a patch under some shrubs and trees that I leave grow away without interfering as I like the flowers and it is part of the garden with thin soil that I don't see much so feel its not worth the effort of digging it out. Looking from a distance I only really see the shrubs and small trees in the area so for me it just acts as a convenient ground cover.
  

  Happy gardening!
  

  https://www.youtube.com/user/sustainableveg/videos
  

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• Busy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

  October 2023

  Yes, cinquefoil. I dig it out. The tap roots can be quite long.

  Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.

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• HarryWhite Posts: 51

  October 2023

  Thank you @robairdmacraignil @Busy-Lizzie
  
  
  

  I've just seen Ronnie O'Sullivan at the garden center. I think he was eyeing up a plant.

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