Crawling weed all over the place! What is it?

joeyvicks

Hi,

I've got a lot of this weed growing in my borders and once I've pulled it out it's back within the week!! Aaaargghhh

Does anybody know what it is and how I can keep it at bay[IMG][/img]

I_have_spoken

Mint ?

kerri_gt

Its difficult to tell the size of the leaves from your photo but it looks like it might be chickweed - has it flowered at all? How big are the leaves?

safestored4

I don't think it's either mint or chickweed. The leaf shape isn't right for mint and chickweed would not reappear so quickly.

Have a look at Weed Identification websites. I have done so and the plant that seems to best match yours can be found at the site Common Weed Leaves - Down Garden Services. It's called 'Mind Your Own Business' a semi evergreen perrenial which forms a dense mat about 5 cm tall. Originally an ornamental plant from Corsica it is now widespread in the UK and regarded as a persistant weed due to its creeping habit and ability to resist destruction. It regenerates from the smallest portion of root. If it is that the site contains suggestions for eradication

Mojisola

Mind your own business has very small leaves and very dense growth. It would help to have an idea of the size of the plant but it doesn't look like MYOB to me.

REEN

Brooklime? It normally grows in ditches but can survive in damp places. Some escaped from my pond years ago and is still a bit of a nuisance. Does it have small blue flowers? I just hoe it but it will come back from little bits of root.

joeyvicks

Brooklime!!!! That's what it is. Ta very much.

Just goes to show how wet the ground is down the bottom of my garden if aquatic plants are thriving in it!!

I guess I will just need to keep pulling it up every week then? Doesn't seem to be anyway of getting rid of it without digging the whole area up. I've bark mulched it but it hasn't got rid of it

I_have_spoken

Whack it with glyphosate

cyclonebri1

I know it isn't but it looks surprisingly like the herb Basil:rotfl:
No. don't taste it;)

Badrick

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I know it isn't but it looks surprisingly like the herb Basil:rotfl:
No. don't taste it;)

If it is definitely Brooklime, (Veronica beccabunga), it is actually a herb albeit a bitter one, which can be added to salad or soups and stews.

But as the gent in the following link says "IF IN DOUBT, LEAVE IT OUT!"

http://paulkirtley.co.uk/2011/brooklime-veronica-beccabunga/

joeyvicks

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Whack it with glyphosate

It's mixed in with a load of border plants and shrubs though? Will it not harm the plants if I spray it with roundup?