Originally Posted by Pat Kiewicz[_2_]

Pooch said:



Hi All,

This is my first post/ visit to your site. I would be very grateful for
any help or advice you could give me.

We have a very difficult to shift weed in our garden. It has long
redish root, which is long and narrow that simply snap when you try to
remove it. They seem to travel straight down rather than outwards. It
has taken over our lawn.
I have not been able to find reference to it in any of the books I have
looked at or on any of the web sites I have seen.

I have posted the following links hoping someone could advise me as to
what it is.

http://tinyurl.com/5m4l43
http://tinyurl.com/6abu7r
http://tinyurl.com/6ogpaa
http://tinyurl.com/66r6nn

I have tried to get rid of it using chemicals, burners and digging them
out. The weed doesnt seem to flower, but it does travel everywhere. For
clarification, I am UK based in Milton Keynes.

Any advise or help is really appreciated.

Maybe Potentilla reptans.

http://www.plant-identification.co.u...tilla-reptans-
1.jpg

Could be your attempts to bring it under control are enough to stop it
blooming, but not enough to wipe it out.

Sometimes viney things put more effort into spreading vegetatively
rather than by flower and seed.

--
Pat in Plymouth MI

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