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Weed or Erodium Flore Pleno
satrdayboy
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I have a plastic tag next to this plant but unsure if plant has died and a weed has taken its place. The tag says erodium flore pleno
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Potentilla reptans aka Creeping cinquefoil ....... usually regarded as a weed
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/weeds/cinquefoil-weed-control.htm
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I always think that it has really beautiful leaves and if I had it, would probably keep it.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Sorry but the leaves are not the right shape for Potentilla repens.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Potentilla_reptans_%28habitus%29.jpg
I believe it is Argentina anserina...silver weed.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Argentina+anserina&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHt8H67IXUAhXMIsAKHXA3A8kQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_anserina
Last edited: 23 May 2017 11:58:41
Thanks for the replies, as thought it wasn't the plant which was where the tag was in the ground. I've taken no chances and dug it out. Funnily enough when I pulled it out there was a piece of rootball of what may have been the Erodium because it had what looked like slow release fertize.
You're absolutely right Silver surfer
it's not the first time I've lumped those two together in my head Duh! 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.