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Plant (weed?) identification

a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108

What is this please? and is it staying or going (if its going i can get to that creeping buttercup underneath it hah!)

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  • yarrow2yarrow2 Posts: 782

    Geranium?

  • WoodsieWoodsie Posts: 61

    Might be herb robert ( Geranium robertianum). If so, the leaves are very pungently scented.

  • sanjy67sanjy67 Posts: 1,007

    think it's a weed i have it in all sorts of places, grows anywhere, is pretty easy to pull up too.

  • LandlubberLandlubber Posts: 396

    ummm, so weed or herb?image

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    A weed is simply a plant in the wrong place - Herb Robert is a pretty wild plant - if you like it then keep it - if you don't then pull it up image


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





  • DorsetUKDorsetUK Posts: 441

    It's Herb Robert and you'll get a load of them if you leave it, mostly where you don't want them of course

  • Forester2Forester2 Posts: 1,477

    I class this as a 'good' weed as it is so easy to pull out or leave if you like it - hate the smell though if you touch it.

  • It's a pretty weed, but if you let it seed it will be all over the place. Probably good to remove the buttercup, including all root, lest that spreads too.

  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108

    It does smell pungent, so i guess herb robert is correct.  It is quite nice, but i dont want lots so i think it can go. 

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