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Dew_drops_in_the_hostas
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It is coming up everywhere-flower beds, by the bricks, between the driveway bricks. Luckily it seems to pull up easily enough.
Thanks in advance,
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Looks like some kind of geranium macrorrhizium
Thanks Green fingered finch. I thought the leaves had the shape of some kind or geranium. It seems to spread like crazy, I'm forever pulling the stuff up!
Geranium lucidum, shining cranebill, seeds a million seeds turns a lovely red after flowering.
In the sticks near Peterborough
That is herb robert a native geranium also known as stinking bob and is a good insect repellent when crushed and applied to skin.
Definitely the native herb robert, Geranium robertianum.
Thanks all. It seems the leaves look a bit more like the shining cranebill, as nutcutlet suggests? The flowers and stem colour are certainly similar to herb Robert, but it certainly doesn't have an unpleasant smell when pulled up/crushed.
You're right, I take it back, confused by the scale of the photo--is it a small plant or all sprawly? If small and neat then I agree with nut.
I was going by the colour and habit in third photo but agree the leaves don't look right so will bow to nuts superior knowledge.
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Cambridgerose, small and neat normally- in the photos it's been battered by heavy rain and looks untidy.
Thank you everyone for all your help identifying it, it certainly helps me decide how far I am going to go in my battle to keep up with it. I think I might just have to pull everything I can see up, and keep going. I had kept this one patch by the passageway door and drain, but I'm not sure I like the idea of thousands of seeds making there way into, and germinating in, the drainage along the house and garage!
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small and neat in some places, large and sprawling in others but can be relied upon to grow and seed anywhere,This one got to be about 2 foot tall, though it was probably some rather than one.
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In the sticks near Peterborough