Trying to identify flower

stebiz

Trying to learn a bit about some of the flowers in my garden. I'm a complete novice. Any idea what this low lying plant is please? It tend to spread around the soil.
Any of you learned gardeners help please? Somebody is going to tell me it's a weed lol

Davesnave

It might be a variety of geranium. Here's one for comparison shot with a better potato than yours:

stebiz

That does look very similar I must agree. Gives me something to work off. Thanks.

wort

It does look like Dave says a geranium, not to be confused with the bright red pelargonium which people plant in baskets and pots but isn't as hardy!. Geranium is usually pink, purple or white with various size flowers , but flower for a good amount of summer, and if you chop back after flowers fade they usually flower again the same year.

twopenny

There is also a weed that looks similar, you wait for ages and it gives one tiny blue flower.
So see what happens this summer.
The flowering ones are useful for low maintenance colour.

MissNinja

@stebiz I have found that the app 'plantnet' is quite good to find plants, you take a picture and it'll compare it to its database, very useful!

Silvertabby

Creeping buttercup?  May have to wait until it flowers to be sure.  Blue/pink/purple/white = hardy geranium (not a weed), yellow = the dreaded creeping buttercup (weed).

25_Years_On

Silvertabby said:

Creeping buttercup?

Definitely not creeping buttercup.

ruthber

I have just downloaded Pantnet App in order to identify a plant in my garden as I was not sure if it was a weed. It successfully identified Hesperis matronalis alba so I would recommend it. It self seeded so I will replant the seedlings rather then compost them

Apodemus

ruthber said:

I have just downloaded Pantnet App in order to identify a plant in my garden as I was not sure if it was a weed. It successfully identified Hesperis matronalis alba so I would recommend it. It self seeded so I will replant the seedlings rather then compost them

If you really are using Pantnet, I guess you are fortunate that it came up with plant names at all...it could have been so much more... 'ahem'..."interesting"! 

Davesnave

It's always the way. My Hesperis matronalis alba are taking ages to come up, despite being sown before the frosts.......Perhaps they're pants!