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Oh lordy... is this a mass of ground elder?
geum keenbutgreen
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What is says on the tin... is this ground elder? It looks very much like it to my novice eye, but it has a hint of red on it. As it's my first summer here, I don't know the border well enough to know if this is something else coming up!
I'm going to have a big job on my hands if it is...
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No, not ground elder - looks like Enchanter's Nightshade to me.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That's what it is, Enchanter's nightshade. Just as invasive as ground elder but not quite as tall
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks both...
Gawd. My garden is so weedy
I'm so depressed! Ugh. Even my lawn is 95% couch grass.
Mow the grass and get the rest filled with good leafy perennials keen. I have this one and it doesn't give me a lot of grief. It takes over on bare earth but doesn't infiltrate other plants to the extent that ground elder does.
In the sticks near Peterborough
It forks out a lot easier then ground elder.
Thanks Fidget & Nut
Typically, this border is absolutely stuffed with big established perennials, but there's just one spot which seems a little bare that this has taken hold! Will get in there tomorrow and attempt to kill the beast...
.. and tomorrow, I then might have to go and buy something else to fill the gap, of course, once it's gone.....