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Weeds ID
P E
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Can someone please help me ID the weed in the attached photo, it seems to have arrived with some soil conditioner I bought last year.
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Can we have a pic of the whole plant please PE
In the sticks near Peterborough
Sorry PE, I can't do this one. It looks a bit like one of the umbellifers in the second photo
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ok thanks anyway for replying, hopefully someone else will be able to help.
It's looking suspiciously like ground elder. I am not a 100% sure, hopefully someone else will comment. It is the sort of plant that can come back from the dead on a regular basis, surviving composting etc. If it is zap with glysophate immediately and continue applying it regularly throughout the summer until you win.
I agree it looks like ground elder,i try to dig it all up it goes down quite a way,if new shoots appear use good weed killer regually,good luck.
I don't think it's ground elder PE but as I can't offer a better solution........
In the sticks near Peterborough
No, I don't think it's ground elder either - I think it may be Alexanders http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/A/Alexanders/Alexanders.htm - rub the leaves and see if they smell a bit like celery.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I thought the photo of the plant looked like alexanders but the individual leaves didn't.
In the sticks near Peterborough
You're right - they do look like two different plants.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.