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Mystery plant

MelyBMelyB Posts: 4
in Problem solving
Does anyone recognise this plant? Is it a weed? It’s popping up throughout my garden. 

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  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Forget me Not? 
  • MelyBMelyB Posts: 4
    No, I do have Forget me Knots and the leaves are a bit darker. The leaves on this are a very vivid shiny pea green. 
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Violet?
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited May 2023

    This is one of my violets, this week.


    This is dog violet. Locally common.

     In the borders, no problem.  In paving and gravel I encourage it.  When it releases its seeds it fires them so they get into oudoor pots and need careful hand-weeding.  Where the gravel meets the lawn they get into the lawn.  They are lawn weedkillere resistant.  A knife or proprietary daisy grubber is needed.

    I also have sweet violet, which has bigger leaves and is better behaved.  Yours is perhaps this.  Let it flower, and only let it seed if you like it.
     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."
  • MelyBMelyB Posts: 4
    Not a violet,  I wish it were!  This doesn’t flower, just the crinkly ivy shaped leaves… low to the ground. This really is a mystery! Here’s another pic taken this morning.
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    My guess would be a Campanula. One of the low growing types. Possibly Campanula Poscharskyana. They can spread, even in shady areas.
  • MelyBMelyB Posts: 4
    That’s interesting, I planted Campanula about five years ago in that bed but haven’t seen it for a few years so forgotten about it. No sign of flowers yet so will see if it flowers. If it does I’ll post a picture. Thank you! 
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