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Wild strawberry/ potentilla confusion

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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Am I right in assuming that potentilla don't ever spread by runners ? 
When weeding, the seedlings are easy enough to identify, but it's much harder with the more mature plants.
To make it even more difficult, I dotted small potentilla plants at random all over the garden last year. Many have flowered so I can distinguish them but the largish ones that maybe haven't flowered yet are a problem
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    Which potentilla? Theres a large family of plants under that name and some of them do spread by runners but some don't.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    @Skandi
    Pretty sure it's this one but some have turned out peachy with a red centre🙄

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    Creeping cinquefoil, (potentilla reptans) spreads by rooting runners?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That's a pain but at least I'll be able to identify the ones still attached to the parent plant. Thank you @Woodgreen
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Yes hard to tell from wild strawberries.I can’t tell the difference till they flower/ fruit.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Yes @bcpathome 😒 by which time they've sent runners out into the middle of neighbouring plants. They must be very closely related.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Yes I reckon so .I take out a few each year and hope for the best .They do go a bit mad if you let them .Other than keeping a very close eye on them ,don’t really know what else to suggest .I just live with it .
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    There's worse things @bcpathome😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Yes absolutely.
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    edited September 2022
    That one seems to be clump forming, propagation is by division so any babies that are not seedlings are probably weeds.
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