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Weed?
Honeyheart
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fairly sure this is a weed, but alwysgood to know for sure, thank you in advance for your time and help
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A picture would help with identification HH.
Sorry, it didn't upload, here it is
Sorry HH but I'm not sure about that one.
Oh yes, that's a weed. I forget the name but the little blighters send roots under the soil like convolvulus and you can never get rid of it. The best you can do is pull up every bit you can find as often as possible.
It is Circaea lutetiana..common name Enchanter's nightshade.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Circaea+lutetiana&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPi9q25IHUAhXIKcAKHSJdDYEQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=731
Last edited: 21 May 2017 21:06:03
flamming nuisance we have them, very tough roots to remove.nothing enchanting about it.
I have just moved and had them in my old garden. horrible things! very hard to get rid of. oh well i thought, at least won't be any at my new bungalow (only ever having seen them at my old place) guess what ! they followed me. Ahhhhh!
Oooh, Buzzy. How lucky are you!
Err no!
You have my sympathy Buzzy2....Enchanters nightshade is an impossible wild flower to get rid off. The extremely long white roots snap and even tiny bits left behind seem to regrow.
Patches of it get larger every year.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/201507_Racines_de_Circaea_lutetiana.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/201507_Racines_de_Circaea_lutetiana.jpg