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WEED OR PLANT
freddy melon
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Can somone tell me if this is a wild plant or a weed.ive found two small clumps growing near an old caretaker's bungalow on the boundary fence of a school.i wasn't sure they had been planted years ago when the bungalow was in use or are they just "WEEDS" I would like to addone two my woodland garden area but I am concerned they are a weed Any help identifying them would be much appreciated. ...
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If they're only small clumps now they're not that invasive so if you like them grow them.
When you say 4 lobed, do you mean 4 petals?
In the sticks near Peterborough
They are small delicate purple flowers like violas on a 12" fury stem there is only a few clumps so like you say they should be fine if they are only in small clumps next to the fence..
Thankyou
Possibly lamium orvala? http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1111
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Could be but delicate isn't the first word that springs to mind on L orvala.
Leaves like nettles are right though
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ah, cross-posted - hadn't seen the delicate and viola-like
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Are they dead nettles perhaps?
I'm trying to think what purple and out now and has leaves like nettles and flowers like violas
Out now I have the lamium Dove mentioned and the red deadnettle. Lathyrus vernus.
Honesty, the leaves are a bit nettle shaped
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/507.shtml
If it's honesty don't try and move it. It's biennial, wait for the seed and scatter it in your garden
In the sticks near Peterborough
Does it look something like this?
My Hesperis Matronalis is almost out, and I saw some out in a sheltered garden today - that might fit the bill
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If we're boasting I had H. matrionalis on the New year's day flower count
In the sticks near Peterborough