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Mar 2, 2011 19:08:43 GMT
Post by seaburn on Mar 2, 2011 19:08:43 GMT
Glechoma hederacea is the proper name, does it have a pungent smell when you bruise it?
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Mar 2, 2011 21:42:09 GMT
Post by Geranium on Mar 2, 2011 21:42:09 GMT
It isn't ground ivy - I googled it and it's not like that, Seaburn. Maybe I should say 'Thank goodness!'
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Mar 3, 2011 23:15:30 GMT
Post by seaburn on Mar 3, 2011 23:15:30 GMT
what about one of the wild Calamintha or possibly Prunella vulgaris [self heal though less convinved on that] I have been through my Native flora books and the ground ivy still looks to be the better match.
the annoying thing is I have also had this weed before.
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Mar 3, 2011 23:41:31 GMT
Post by seaburn on Mar 3, 2011 23:41:31 GMT
is it one of the wild lamium's . L. purpureum or Calamintha ascendens. this is really 'bugging me'
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Mar 3, 2011 23:50:10 GMT
Post by steve on Mar 3, 2011 23:50:10 GMT
The second one looks to me like a wild or wood violet
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Mar 4, 2011 19:02:58 GMT
Post by Geranium on Mar 4, 2011 19:02:58 GMT
No - none of the above. Sorry. I have Prunella, and it's not like that. It isn't a violet either! Not a lamium - it doesn't spread like they do. If I miss a plant it can get to about 6 - 8" tall, and quite bushy!
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Mar 4, 2011 19:16:43 GMT
Post by peony on Mar 4, 2011 19:16:43 GMT
I think Seaburn is right - ground ivy
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Mar 4, 2011 20:29:05 GMT
Post by seaburn on Mar 4, 2011 20:29:05 GMT
is it one of the ajuga species then? ooh it is driving me mad why did you have to ask this you know what I a like lol
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Mar 4, 2011 20:52:02 GMT
Post by Lou78W on Mar 4, 2011 20:52:02 GMT
Does it have square stems Geranium?
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Mar 4, 2011 21:59:48 GMT
Post by Geranium on Mar 4, 2011 21:59:48 GMT
It's NOT ground ivy...it really isn't! Honest! No, the stems aren't square either. I'll take another photo of one. I'm sure they'll be lurking somewhere.
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Mar 4, 2011 22:37:09 GMT
Post by seaburn on Mar 4, 2011 22:37:09 GMT
I have decided [99.9% ] it is the wild form of prunella vulgaris. I have an old photo of it and the younger foliage is like this and then the leaves nearer the flower spike are more elongated. I get it in one of the borders I will also look for it tomorrow. i agree its not ground ivy
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Mar 5, 2011 12:32:50 GMT
Post by Geranium on Mar 5, 2011 12:32:50 GMT
Well, it doesn't look like the wild Prunella I already have! Never mind - it may have to stay a mystery weed.
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Mar 5, 2011 18:35:09 GMT
Post by merlin on Mar 5, 2011 18:35:09 GMT
top one is nipplewort [I think} Lapsana communis.yhe lower one could be one of the speedwells or chick weeds. does it ever get to flowering size? Such a lovely name, slips off the tongue but not a nice plant in the garden.
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Mar 5, 2011 18:38:55 GMT
Post by Geranium on Mar 5, 2011 18:38:55 GMT
No it's not, Ron - it seems to get everywhere somehow - and I do watch for them and pull them out ASAP. I rarely see one in flower. Maybe it only takes one!
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Mar 5, 2011 20:33:41 GMT
Post by Fractal on Mar 5, 2011 20:33:41 GMT
Hi there all, I agree in that it looks like Ground Ivy (Glechoma). Its in the mint family but the smell of the foliage is not very pleasant (to me). You sometimes see a variegated form used in hanging baskets erronously called trailing Nepeta!
Just realised that this is not the end of the post! (another page of it)....
Well, my first thoughts were Glechoma but the paired leaves could also suggest a Veronica species?
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