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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's the one in the middle.I know what the others are . I have no shortage of weedlings after all the rain.😐
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited November 2022
    It is  a lovely book @SherwoodArrow . Those leaves are similar.
    Going out for a sniff now.
    Update:
    No smell. Did you notice there's a pink dot in the centre of Some of the leaves? I wonder if that indicates pink flowers.
    BTW the textured leaves in the middle of the plant are from the deadnettle or whatever behind
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 284
    This is what it says about common mallow but the picture shows an older plant not a seedling. I love medical advice (but still not tempted to try). 


    Nottinghamshire.
    Failure is always an option.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I wonder  how marshmallows got their name.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    bédé said:
    B3 said:

    This chap looks vaguely  familiar  
    Growing in what is usually  dry shade - but it's  not dry at the moment!
    Might it be a mallow?
    It might be a mallow.  

    The bottom one is Herb Robert, easly remove ant time before seeding. .  And the top right one is a Dead Nettle, carefull to remove all the root.
    I agree with Geranium  rather than Mallow.
    Bottom one is wrong shape for Geranium robertianum...common name Herb robert.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • bĂ©dĂ©bĂ©dĂ© Posts: 3,095
    edited November 2022
    Dead Nettle? I re-thought "yellow archangel", but then changed my mind to ."hedge woundwort".   Roger Philips agees/. Both weeds chez moi, but I never let them flower, so flower colour is not a good reference point.

    But I stick with "herb robert".  Another weed chez moi.

    The smell will decide.  For both.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I have corydalis in the alleyway so I agree. Up close the leaves aren't the same as herb Robert. Plenty of deadnettles too. I'm leaving them for now in case the bees find them useful.
    That is a beautiful book @SherwoodArrow
    It's the one in the middle with the smooth roundish leaves that I'm not sure about. There seems to be a pink dot in the middle of some leaves. Maybe that is an indication of the colour of the flowers.
    I have all kinds of hardy geraniums out there but this one looks different.
    My previous post seems to have disappeared so apologies if it reappears and there's a repetition.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bĂ©dĂ©bĂ©dĂ© Posts: 3,095
    edited November 2022
    Weed out th eones for which you have a positive identifcation.  Leave any others for close monitoring.    But only let them seed if you really like them.

    There is a generation that doesn't use reference books.  I predate that, but I am still reducing all books except my flower identifiers.  Roger Philips will stay - time of flowering is important.  Hand-paintd flowers are useful, so I still keep my 1965 copy of Keble Martin .
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I have a lot of hand weeding to do as there's a few things I want to keep. Fortunately, I quite like hand weeding @bede
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bĂ©dĂ©bĂ©dĂ© Posts: 3,095
    edited November 2022
    B3 said:  Fortunately, I quite like hand weeding




    There is no better way of practising mindfulness.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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