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Problem plant
AlxNic
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Good morning
Please could I have advice or information on this plant? I've been told it's some sort of cranesbill. Do you think once I have dug out all the big ones I can keep them down by weeding out the small ones when they appear?
I am a novice gardener and the garden has been undisturbed for 10 years. I have dug up between 30-50 of these. Some huge. I thought I had got them all (apart from the tiny ones) but here is another one from yesterday evening. This plant is everywhere - even in the grass.
Background: the garden is on what used to be agricultural land in North Devon.
Thank you
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They are indeed Cranesbills. Keep the ones you want and either dig out or weed killer the others.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Yes, you will have to keep at it. Also, because this is a plant that you can cultivate by splitting the root mass in two, when you have dug a lump, you will need to dig a good bit around and fish out all the bits of root or you are just setting up a lot of little ones to pop up.
G. sanguineum I think. Might be a cultivar of or hybrid
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks
I suspected I would need to get every bit out. I am looking at this as a long term project as the roots are huge and very deep as they have had 10 years freedom to grow.
Thanks nutcutlet. Bloody cranesbill seems to be an apt name when I spot another one.
I have realised now that the main source of green in the garden has been bloody cranesbill, spanish bluebell, californian poppy, dead nettle and cape fuchsia. All good in their own way, I suppose