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Is this willow herb ?

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  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Have asked a friend . . .
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    It looks like lambs lettuce to me, if so easy enough to remove as it doesn't have much of a root system.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    It doesn't look at all like lamb's lettuce to me.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Me neither and I'm still working on it, well my mind is at any rate. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    I think it’s a willow herb. Epilobium montanum probably. 
    East Anglia
  • MikeOxgreenMikeOxgreen Posts: 812
    If you actually put where you lived it would help, it's unlikely to be WH if you're in the UK as they're a Summer plant.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Willow herb appears all year round. Many types are perennial, but look different to the annual. Like many weeds, they can easily survive milder autumn and winter conditions depending on the site, and some are tough enough to survive everywhere.
     
    I'm still not convinced it is w. herb, but perhaps @Silver surfer can give it a look. There isn't much she can't accurately ID  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited January 2023
    I agree with @Fairygirl, both the Hairy Willowherb and the type known as Fireweed are perennials spreading by rhizomes as well as by seed, and overwinter in most parts of the UK. 


    The plant pictured has some resemblance to Willowherb but I’m not totally convinced. 

    It might give us a clue if we knew what else was growing in that area last year? 

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





  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    *Astrantia* said:
    I’ve had a few of these appear in my garden I thought it was forget me not at first but I’m wondering if it’s pink willow herb? 
    Cannot give accurate id. Sorry.
    But veins are wrong for Chamaenerion angustifolium...common name Rosebay willow herb.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The foliage just didn't look the right shape to me for w' herb.
    That last pic is what my last garden looked like @Silver surfer  :D
    It was the bane of our lives trying to keep it over in the wilder bit. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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