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name this plant

anniemf2508
anniemf2508 Posts: 1,848 Forumite
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i have forgotten what seeds i planted so can anyone help with identifying the plant in this photo...the one with little pink/purple flowers

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  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    I call it "Weed!" :rotfl:

    I'm sure someone will tell us the correct name, but I pull it up, hopefully before those flowers set seed.
  • blossomhill_2
    blossomhill_2 Posts: 1,923 Forumite
    Old man's beard = weed - if you paid for the seed you were sold a pup!
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  • picklepick
    picklepick Posts: 4,048 Forumite
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    Erm yeah, I call that a weed in my garden too!
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  • suejb2
    suejb2 Posts: 1,918 Forumite
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    Flob-a-lob it's Weed!
    Life is like a bath, the longer you are in it the more wrinkly you become.
  • Leif
    Leif Posts: 3,727 Forumite
    Looks rather like Rosebay Willowherb. A common site on disused railway lines and a weed as it is invasive. I'd kill it ASAP.
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  • Badrick
    Badrick Posts: 606 Forumite
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    Leif wrote: »
    Looks rather like Rosebay Willowherb. A common site on disused railway lines and a weed as it is invasive. I'd kill it ASAP.

    Don't think it's Rosebay as the flowers tend to grow as a spike, but it does look like a smaller species of Willowherb, maybe something like Chickweed Willowherb.
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  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    OK I was being lazy.:o

    It's this:

    http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowhb.htm
  • anniemf2508
    anniemf2508 Posts: 1,848 Forumite
    thanks everyone....it is indeed willowherb, i have removed it from my raised bed now :p
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