[lesley1322]

i was just wondering if anyone knows what this weed is as its growing crazy in patches all over my new plot... its fairly shallow rooted and easy to pull out.
i haven't got a clue what it is and i dont want to compost it if it is perennial...??

[craggy]

i was just wondering if anyone knows what this weed is as its growing crazy in patches all over my new plot... its fairly shallow rooted and easy to pull out.
i haven't got a clue what it is and i dont want to compost it if it is perennial...??

Don,t know,but i have loads of it

[DD.]

Looks like Rosebay Willowherb. It's perennial.

You could try drowning it in water,  but it depends how much you've got!

[lesley1322]

thank you... I just googled rosebay willowherb and it does look similar... i was right not to compost it then i have also got a fair few fluffy seedheads hanging about too.

i have currently got a huge pile of just pulled perennials... i have no idea whatsoever what im supposed to do with such an amount. i dont think i could find a tub big enough to drown them all haha. looks like i will have to have a bonfire.

[BostonInbred]

You must get it out, every last scrap, it spreads like wildfire, and once the head seed you'll have it forever.


Native American Indians used to smoke the leaves........apparantly

[LivvyW]

I don't think it is Rosebay Willowherb.  I have this unidentified plant in my garden too, and i also have the odd bit of RW, and a lot of RW in the locality.

RW doesn't have a glossy leaf, and it tends to have the rosey colour around the central leaf vein and a more pointy leaf too.

I would be interested to know what it is though, like i say, i have it too, and i just hoe it away, it doesn't cause much of a problem.

Sorry, that may or may not be useful!

[craggy]

I don't think it is Rosebay Willowherb.  I have this unidentified plant in my garden too, and i also have the odd bit of RW, and a lot of RW in the locality.

RW doesn't have a glossy leaf, and it tends to have the rosey colour around the central leaf vein and a more pointy leaf too.

I would be interested to know what it is though, like i say, i have it too, and i just hoe it away, it doesn't cause much of a problem.

Sorry, that may or may not be useful!

i agree,it,s a no problem plant,that has small root system

[Ropster]

burn it

[Babstreefern]

I've got it as well, but mainly in one of my asparagus beds.  There was loads of it, and a lot of roots - look like very thin white veins.  A blow-torch could burn a lot of it, but then I would end up with roasted asparagus roots

[DD.]

Zap it with Round Up before the asapragus shows.

[lesley1322]

so have we come to the conclusion that its not RW??

I might be wrong but surely perennial weeds would be much harder to did out? i can literally pull out clumps with bare hands and the full root system comes out too...?

i have searched through google images and i still can't find an exact matching weed... maybe its a flower??? hum...??

[DD.]

If it's not RW, is a close relative. the roots and your flowers match it's description.

Not all perennials are rooted like nettles and docks. This one's pernicious as it seeds everywhere.

[craggy]

Zap it with Round Up before the asapragus shows.

nonsense,who needs weed killers.This plant{don,t like the word weed]is removed very easily with a hoe.

[richyrich7]

I have something very in my garden spreads like mad, also they have thick rhizomes that run under the ground and produce more plants drives me insane 

[JayG]

I'm pretty sure I've got the same stuff as in Lesley's picture in my garden. Don't think it's Rose bay willow herb which grows quite tall; mine never really gets far off the ground, is easily pulled out (but always with the suspicion that you have left a bit behind!), but equally doesn't ever seem to threaten to take over (just a bit of a nuisance!)