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Weed/plant ID
jaffacakes
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Hi all, these 3 are all over my garden at the moment and just want to know if i should definitely get rid. I don't mind some weeds if they have pretty flowers but i guess if they self seed everywhere it might be the problem
Thanks in advance
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No.1 is willowherb, bin it.
No.2 looks a bit like a geranium ?
No.3 the name escapes me but another one for the bin.
3 could be purple toadflax (which the bees love) but I'm not 100%, stems look a little off
No.3. Milkweed, euphorbia peplus.
3 is not toadflax but I don't know what it is
Last edited: 10 March 2017 17:14:53
Not like Purple Toadflax, can't think what ATM
number 3 is what Kitty said, the euphorbia, a weed one
the geranium looks like a weed geranium aswell
In the sticks near Peterborough
2 looks like Herb Robert, which is a Geranium and usually regarded as a weed, I however like it, except for the smell when it is bruised, which is horrible.
Agree with Willow herb and Euphorbia [ can't remember which one, but a weed}
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
2 definitely NOT Herb Robert (one of my favourite plants for shade and I just pull it out where I don't' want it--can't understand why others don't like it. Nearly evergreen with bronze foliage and pink flowers and grows in dense shade --or sun or anywhere which is its only downside).
It's another of the weedy geraniums or perhaps a buttercup. I have that and am letting it come up to see what it is?
Could 3 be Scarlet Pimpernel?
No toadflax in there at all.
The weedy geranium I'm thinking of has small purple flowers, but I can't remember it's name.
http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/primulaceae/anagallis-arvensis.htm Scarlet Pimpernel. Is this 3?
Dove's Foot Cranesbill (Thanks Google for knowing what I wanted even when I didn't