Amateur seeks green thing identification... (Photo heavy)

~Chameleon~

frivolous_fay wrote: »

I think it was a tad more neglected in recent years... I had a problem with a tall, spindly purple flowering weed with fluffy seeds... that got EVERYWHERE and I was pulling it out of the lawn and beds for months. (I think the neighbour has a big clump of it)

That sounds very much like Rosebay Willowherb

It's a very attractive wild flower, and is also edible and has medicinal properties, but it does germinate very easily as you've no doubt discoverd due to it's fluffy airborne seeds

The lawn is RIDDLED with violets. I didn't realise just how bad it is now until all the diddy little leaves caught the light one afternoon. And moss. Oh, the moss. Frankly the lawn's a disaster area and I'd love to rip it up and do something more fun with it

And there are a few spindly plants in odd places that don't look like they're ever going to do anything... probably because it's so dark. I had to end the suffering of the lavender, because of some dubious planning that left it smothered by a rose and a honeysuckle. Oh, and tulips that grow behind the massive rosebush And I'm not such a mad fan of the hardy geraniums... even though someone else clearly was, and now they grow like weeds And I have a moderate disliking for the tree at the bottom of the garden, which is a) spiky b) doesn't produce anything edible c) drops berries everywhere which then start growing and d) unidentifiable If it wasn't for the birds, it'd be gone by now!

Your garden sounds very much like my own! :rotfl: