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Any ideas?
Has taken over my mother's garden - it seems to grow in mainly shady spots and looks a bit like Creeping Charlie and seems to spread in the same way but the leaves are maybe different and it has a subtle yellow flower.
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What is Creeping Charlie?
In the sticks near Peterborough
need a photo for a reliable ID
In the sticks near Peterborough
Looks like lesser celandine, I think
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I agree with rasingirl's ID but like nutcutlet I have never heard of Creeping Charlie.
Lesser celandine disappears in the summer.
Last edited: 26 March 2017 22:19:20
Creeping Charlie is Ground Ivy, Glechoma hederaceae. I just had a google
In the sticks near Peterborough
Wow, thanks nutcutlet. Thats my new bit of knowledge for today
Overgrowth, are you in the UK?
Ha, this has just popped up in my white bed (which is isolated from others). I left it there thinking it was pretty but having read about it will tackle it forthwith.
Thanks for the heads up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeping_charlie
Do you mean Creeping Jenny Overgrowth? I have Creeping Jenny which spreads very well, it also has a small yellow flower but isn't anything like this lesser celandine.
Thanks all, and apologies - Yes, Creeping Charlie is Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederaceae). Guess we have all just called it that! (I'm based in northern UK)
Not that this beast looks much better!