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Perennial (?) identification help please!

i10ki10k Posts: 23
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Hi friends.

I moved house late last year and took on a new garden. Over the last few months, I’ve been watching and learning - seeing what comes up and where, making a plan to lift, divide, move etc. later in the year…

As weeds have become apparent in the borders, I’ve whipped them out, and aside from a bit of pruning here and there, I’ve largely left the garden to it.

I have a clump of plants that appeared from nowhere early spring, and shot up rapidly. Gambling that it was some sort of perennial (rather than a weed) I left it too it. Now that it’s in flower, I’m stumped -  no idea what it is!

Can anybody help me with an id please?

Thanks in advance!

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  • i10ki10k Posts: 23
    Ah; interesting! The photo is cocked 90 degrees to the left. Sorry about that.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Lysimachia punctata or yellow loosestrife. Very reliable colour, if you like it, but if it likes your garden it will spread like mad! I am on a permanent campaign to eradicate it from mine. It has both runners and seed at its disposal, so no sooner have I cleared one bit than I spot another somewhere else.
  • i10ki10k Posts: 23
    Amazing! Thank you @Buttercupdays - that’s it! 

    My clump is surrounding a rose, so I’ll probably dig it up and move it. By the sounds of it, it’ll spring right back up where it is, after.

    I’ll do some research on it… thanks again 👍🏻

  • i10ki10k Posts: 23
    Thanks @SlipperyElm - I do quite like it, as it happens. Might dig it up and move it though - perhaps splitting it into a couple of smaller clumps. I’ll leave it be until it starts to die back. 👍🏻
  • LizaJLizaJ Posts: 51
    I have Gooseneck Loostrife in my garden which I love but as others have said it spreads and takes over so last year I dug it up and potted a couple of large clumps then put them in the ground and this has done the trick keeping it under control and just where I want it in the border.  :)
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'm afraid I regard it as a weed. Brash and thuggish if it likes it's spot.
    The only plus is that rabbits don't eat it.  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • _Nicolas__Nicolas_ Posts: 48
    I'm trying both Lysimachia clethroides and ephemerum this year as they're supposed to be excellent for butterflies, but both appear to be struggling! Wouldn't try ciliata after seeing it colonise someone's garden and vulgaris took me two years of dedicated faffing to eradicate!
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