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Benandbill

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Can someone tell me what this is?
« on: March 20, 2011, 19:08 »
I hope I'm in the right forum.  Apologies if I'm not.  Our friends have just moved north of the border and found their garden over-run with this stuff they've sent me a pic of.  They want to know if it's weeds and if they should dig it up or not.
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2011, 19:46 »
It looks a bit like a hardy geranium ...

similar to this  :unsure:
http://www.eclecticplants.co.uk/dbimages/gerpv.jpg
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2011, 19:47 »
I''ve no idea what it's called but I regard it as a weed. It is a tenacious pest and seems to enjoy growing in amongst my parents Lily-of-the valley making it hard to remove it.  :(

I'd be interested to know what it is called too.
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2011, 19:48 »
Quote from: mumofstig on March 20, 2011, 19:46
It looks a bit like a hardy geranium ...

similar to this  :unsure:
http://www.eclecticplants.co.uk/dbimages/gerpv.jpg

It does have the same leaf shape but, if it is the same plant that we have, no such luck.  :(

As far as I can remember it has a small yellow flower.
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2011, 19:58 »
the leaf doesn't look right to me, to be a creeping buttercup, if that's what you were thinking of  :unsure:
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2011, 19:58 »
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mumofstig

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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2011, 20:02 »
oooh that's a new one to me, thank goodness  ;)
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2011, 20:12 »
Quote from: DD. on March 20, 2011, 19:58
Looks like Ground Ivy:

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/groundivy.htm

You may well be right DD.

The patch of ground where it grows here is bare at the moment so I wonder if BenandBills friends took the picture last year or theirs is an early starter.

Either way it is a b**** to get rid of once it's roots are tangled in with something else.  >:(
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2011, 17:04 »
Leaf-wise, looks like a heuchera or heucherella and they should be ok to remove. Herbaceous geraniums that grow tight to the ground have a different leaf shape - they can be a nightmare to get rid of too - but I'm sure it's not that. Send a pic when it flowers and also of its root system as that will give us more of a clue.
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2011, 18:57 »
Agree with Goosegirl....heuchera.
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2011, 19:00 »
but they don't usually spread enough to be a problem, well they never have for me :unsure:
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2011, 19:15 »
Pennyroyal ? ? ?   Cheers,  Tony.
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viettaclark

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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2011, 19:41 »
Don't think so...that's a mint isn't it?
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2011, 19:47 »
Looks a bit like London Pride to me.  I think it's type of heuchera(?)...  If it shoots up long flower spikes with pretty pink things on the end, then that's it...
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Re: Can someone tell me what this is?
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2011, 19:54 »
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