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Herb Robert

didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
in Wildlife gardening
I appear to have two varieties of Herb Robert - mostly in what was the lawn, but also in cracks and crannies.  The one with tiny pink flowers is a real pta but I am loving the one with slightly larger purple flowers.  Does anyone know if this is actually not Herb Robert but another variety?  The purple one doesn't have the same kind of serrated leaves as the pink one and is taller growing, but it does have the same pinkish tinge to the stems.  You can see here as well that the purple one's petals are heart shaped.


Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.

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  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Do you have any other hardy geraniums growing in your garden? The purple one isn't herb Robert but looks much like a hardy geranium.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Yes, I've several different hardy geraniums in the garden.  All of them have larger flowers than the purple Herb Robert.  That grows like a weed in the same way the pink one does.  It's all in the 'lawn' as well.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2023
     
    This one @didyw ? 

    I think it’s Geranium dissectum.  


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





  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Hmm, not sure.  The petals on mine are not as joined up as those in your pic.  It's not the cut-leaved cranesbill as my leaves are not as dissected as that.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Dove’s Foot ? (You’d think I’d recognise that 😂)

    https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/doves-foot-cranes-bill 

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





  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    That look's like the one!  Well done @Dovefromabove for Dove's Foot!
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    😂 

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





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