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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: jesssands on August 11, 2013, 21:22:20

Title: ID needed
Post by: jesssands on August 11, 2013, 21:22:20
Not sure if this is a weed or not?

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/jesssands1/20130809_184937-1_2_zpsf60c5ac5.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/jesssands1/media/20130809_184937-1_2_zpsf60c5ac5.jpg.html)
Title: Re: ID needed
Post by: Debs on August 11, 2013, 21:28:41
That looks like verbena bonariensis to me

Debs
Title: Re: ID needed
Post by: Debs on August 11, 2013, 21:31:50
Yes, it definitely is - just had a quick look at mine in garden.

Its a perennial which self seeds and is much loved by bees & butterflies

Debs x
Title: Re: ID needed
Post by: caroline7758 on August 12, 2013, 18:12:56
Quote from: Debs on August 11, 2013, 21:31:50


Its a perennial which self seeds and is much loved by bees & butterflies

Debs x

and by lots of people, including me! :happy7:
Title: Re: ID needed
Post by: grannyjanny on August 12, 2013, 21:49:39
& me. It also has square stems :icon_cheers:.
Title: Re: ID needed
Post by: shirlton on August 13, 2013, 06:51:28
Mine is always a dark purple. Never been as pale as yours. Save the seed or let it seed itself.