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grotbag

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plant or weed
« on: June 01, 2009, 21:25:34 »
can anyone id this plant for me .thanks
« Last Edit: June 01, 2009, 21:27:08 by grotbag »

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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2009, 21:47:13 »
I think it's a plant. It's on the TOMT & begins with L (probably). Aren't I a helpful bunny. If it's what I think it is it spreads.
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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2009, 21:49:31 »
How about Veronica longifolia? Close look at the individual flowers should tell if it's a veronica

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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2009, 22:02:22 »
dont think it is that rt

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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2009, 07:21:02 »
I was told that a weed is a plant growing where it is not wanted and I am constantly digging out forget me nots, nasturtiums, violets and others from the vegetable beds.

My friend always waits until her weeds are identifiable before pulling them because she gets her 'god's gifts' of new plants this way. Moving them to a position she prefers them to be in as necessary.




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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2009, 07:43:22 »
We have it too, it's a weed if you don't want it there, but so are poppies, aquilegia, nigella and so on. We spent ages identifying it and I have promptly forgotten  :-[

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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2009, 07:46:40 »
Looks like Linaria purpurea, purple toadflax.  Selected forms like 'Canon Went' are garden flowers but the species is a bit weedy and spreads by seed.  Fine if you have a wilder garden.

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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2009, 08:32:38 »
That's the one...  ::)

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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2009, 09:42:21 »
Had it on another plot we had.spreadswell ;D
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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2009, 10:02:46 »
 :) I grow this in pots in the garden, bees love it/ shades x
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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2009, 10:12:58 »
its considered a weed but i grow it purposefully in my flower beds i think its pretty :)

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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2009, 17:29:13 »
That's the one. I knew it began with L.
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Re: plant or weed
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2009, 20:34:09 »
My mum gave me a piece of this from her garden last year when I got my plot, she recommended it as something that would grow well in the shade.  No idea what its called, but it has really taken off and has just started flowering.


 

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