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What's in my garden?
Claire27
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Hello,
I am very new to gardening. In fact, I've just ventured in to my new garden for the first time!
As I started to tidy up the garden in attempt to rid it of all the weeds I came across a plant or weed (no idea!) that I want to get rid of. There's a couple of them, and as I started to remove one I noticed at the roots it has some soft oval shaped balls (that's my best description, sorry!) Can anyone help tell me what they are, if I should be cautious of them?
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It's bracken, you can dig it out and dispose of it. They do seed later in the year so get rid of it now. It's harmless but can be invasive.
Thank you Dave, those little egg looking things scared me for a minute. I think I may need to toughen up a little! thanks
Don't worry claire27, they won't hatch they are the new foliage for next year.
Are you sure that's bracken Dave? It look like a good garden fern to me. Dryopteris or Polystichum, I always get those to muddled. You need a third opinion here before you dump it Claire
In the sticks near Peterborough
too late! i've already pulled them up
Looks like a shield fern to me, dryopteris filix-mas maybe? Grows like a weed in my garden.
I think thats a fern i have a ton of bracken in my garden ( which i leave in the woods) and it only tends to produce one stem at a time... My ferns look more like this.... I vote keep
http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/B/Bracken/Bracken.htm
It's not bracken, I was just being polite when I asked 'are you sure?'
Claire, on a forum it's best to wait for a few opinions before acting.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Dryopteris filix-mas, a lovely fern. What a shame it's been pulled up! Incidently, Bracken is far from harmless - it is designated as an invasive species in the wild, and the spores can be carcinogenic if breathed in.