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herb/weed id please?
On Jul 16, 10:24 am, Sacha wrote:
On 16/7/07 08:41, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: "Cat(h)" wrote in message .. . I was doing some badly needed weeding in the (rare) sunshine today, and came across a weed/herb I do not know. It is low growing, with the same type of leaf structure as flat-leaf parsley, only much more delicate. It is a paler shade of green, too, and the leaves closer to the soil can be even paler, nearly white, or a very odd shade of purple. What made me think it could be a herb is that when crushed it smell of licorice/aniseed. I was so enthusiastically weeding I did not take the time to take a pic. I hope my description is enough to identify it? TIA. Cat(h) Try Achillea, not sure which species but I have a low growing fine grey green leafed weed in my grass that matches your description, has white flowers if left long enough, aromatic but I would not have said aniseed. I'm confused now! Original Cat said it is like flat-leaf parsley which Ligusticum resembles but now that it is very fine and delicate. Ligusticum does have the aniseed smell but there is something else that is almost dill like in its leaves but I don't know the name. My other suggestion would be Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) -- I'm sorry for being obviously not very gifted at describing the plant. None of the suggestions (having googled photos of same) match my plant. I said it had the same leaf structure as parsley, i.e. a ferny type leaf. However, I also said it was far more delicate, easily crushed/ bruised, very pale green, with some leaves white and even purple close to the ground. I am not sure how tall it would get given the chance - it didn't get the chance. I have to say I had never come across it anywhere until this year in my veg patch. There's only one thing for it: I must try and get a photo of it. If the weather permits next week end, and assuming that I didn't pluck every last bit of it, I'll take a pic and post a link to it. I seem to recall some time back someone posted a website through which one could access a database of photos categorised by shapes/colours etc. to identify plants. Has anyone the url for this? Thanks to all for the collective headscratching :-) Cat(h) |
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herb/weed id please?
On 16/7/07 11:28, in article
, "Cat(h)" wrote: snip I'm sorry for being obviously not very gifted at describing the plant. None of the suggestions (having googled photos of same) match my plant. I think it can be quite hard to describe something like that, because not only is it not a plant everyone will normally take much notice of, everyone 'sees' things slightly differently. I said it had the same leaf structure as parsley, i.e. a ferny type leaf. However, I also said it was far more delicate, easily crushed/ bruised, very pale green, with some leaves white and even purple close to the ground. I am not sure how tall it would get given the chance - it didn't get the chance. I have to say I had never come across it anywhere until this year in my veg patch. There's only one thing for it: I must try and get a photo of it. If the weather permits next week end, and assuming that I didn't pluck every last bit of it, I'll take a pic and post a link to it. I seem to recall some time back someone posted a website through which one could access a database of photos categorised by shapes/colours etc. to identify plants. Has anyone the url for this? Thanks to all for the collective headscratching :-) It's fun to try. ;-) But a photo would certainly do it. There's a site called Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/ -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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herb/weed id please?
On Jul 16, 11:53 am, Sacha wrote:
On 16/7/07 11:28, in article . com, "Cat(h)" wrote: snip I'm sorry for being obviously not very gifted at describing the plant. None of the suggestions (having googled photos of same) match my plant. I think it can be quite hard to describe something like that, because not only is it not a plant everyone will normally take much notice of, everyone 'sees' things slightly differently. That's a fair comment. Something else just struck me about the smell: before tackling that weed, I had just pulled up a whole pile of tall dill seedlings. Right now, I could not swear whether the smell was the dill lingering on me (which it does), or the actual smell of the plant. Quite apart from the photo, I must test the smell again, now that the dill is all gone. I said it had the same leaf structure as parsley, i.e. a ferny type leaf. However, I also said it was far more delicate, easily crushed/ bruised, very pale green, with some leaves white and even purple close to the ground. I am not sure how tall it would get given the chance - it didn't get the chance. I have to say I had never come across it anywhere until this year in my veg patch. There's only one thing for it: I must try and get a photo of it. If the weather permits next week end, and assuming that I didn't pluck every last bit of it, I'll take a pic and post a link to it. I seem to recall some time back someone posted a website through which one could access a database of photos categorised by shapes/colours etc. to identify plants. Has anyone the url for this? Thanks to all for the collective headscratching :-) It's fun to try. ;-) I guess as much from finding myself looking up those threads almost systematically - even if I can rarely answer the question, and when I'm able to have generally been pipped to it by the more expert posters. But a photo would certainly do it. There's a site called Flickr:http://www.flickr.com/ I'll probably tinypic it - it works for me :-) Thanks again, Cat(h) |
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herb/weed id please?
On 16/7/07 12:15, in article
, "Cat(h)" wrote: On Jul 16, 11:53 am, Sacha wrote: On 16/7/07 11:28, in article . com, "Cat(h)" wrote: snip I'm sorry for being obviously not very gifted at describing the plant. None of the suggestions (having googled photos of same) match my plant. I think it can be quite hard to describe something like that, because not only is it not a plant everyone will normally take much notice of, everyone 'sees' things slightly differently. That's a fair comment. Something else just struck me about the smell: before tackling that weed, I had just pulled up a whole pile of tall dill seedlings. Right now, I could not swear whether the smell was the dill lingering on me (which it does), or the actual smell of the plant. Quite apart from the photo, I must test the smell again, now that the dill is all gone. That could certainly make a difference. It's a fairly 'clingy' smell, IMO. I said it had the same leaf structure as parsley, i.e. a ferny type leaf. However, I also said it was far more delicate, easily crushed/ bruised, very pale green, with some leaves white and even purple close to the ground. snip It's fun to try. ;-) I guess as much from finding myself looking up those threads almost systematically - even if I can rarely answer the question, and when I'm able to have generally been pipped to it by the more expert posters. In trying to find your weed, I learned a lot more about so-called weeds which are in fact edible or medicinal - just goes to show that nothing is ever wasted! But a photo would certainly do it. There's a site called Flickr:http://www.flickr.com/ I'll probably tinypic it - it works for me :-) Thanks again, Cat(h) Looking forward to seeing it. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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"Cat(h)" wrote in message oups.com... On Jul 16, 10:24 am, Sacha wrote: On 16/7/07 08:41, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: "Cat(h)" wrote in message .. . I was doing some badly needed weeding in the (rare) sunshine today, and came across a weed/herb I do not know. It is low growing, with the same type of leaf structure as flat-leaf parsley, only much more delicate. It is a paler shade of green, too, and the leaves closer to the soil can be even paler, nearly white, or a very odd shade of purple. What made me think it could be a herb is that when crushed it smell of licorice/aniseed. I was so enthusiastically weeding I did not take the time to take a pic. I hope my description is enough to identify it? TIA. Cat(h) Try Achillea, not sure which species but I have a low growing fine grey green leafed weed in my grass that matches your description, has white flowers if left long enough, aromatic but I would not have said aniseed. I'm confused now! Original Cat said it is like flat-leaf parsley which Ligusticum resembles but now that it is very fine and delicate. Ligusticum does have the aniseed smell but there is something else that is almost dill like in its leaves but I don't know the name. My other suggestion would be Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) -- I'm sorry for being obviously not very gifted at describing the plant. None of the suggestions (having googled photos of same) match my plant. I said it had the same leaf structure as parsley, i.e. a ferny type leaf. However, I also said it was far more delicate, easily crushed/ bruised, very pale green, with some leaves white and even purple close to the ground. I am not sure how tall it would get given the chance - it didn't get the chance. I have to say I had never come across it anywhere until this year in my veg patch. There's only one thing for it: I must try and get a photo of it. If the weather permits next week end, and assuming that I didn't pluck every last bit of it, I'll take a pic and post a link to it. I seem to recall some time back someone posted a website through which one could access a database of photos categorised by shapes/colours etc. to identify plants. Has anyone the url for this? Thanks to all for the collective headscratching :-) Cat(h) Could it be a stray chervil or dill plant? -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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herb/weed id please?
On Jul 16, 11:01 pm, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote: "Cat(h)" wrote in message oups.com... On Jul 16, 10:24 am, Sacha wrote: On 16/7/07 08:41, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: "Cat(h)" wrote in message .. . I was doing some badly needed weeding in the (rare) sunshine today, and came across a weed/herb I do not know. It is low growing, with the same type of leaf structure as flat-leaf parsley, only much more delicate. It is a paler shade of green, too, and the leaves closer to the soil can be even paler, nearly white, or a very odd shade of purple. What made me think it could be a herb is that when crushed it smell of licorice/aniseed. I was so enthusiastically weeding I did not take the time to take a pic. I hope my description is enough to identify it? TIA. Cat(h) Try Achillea, not sure which species but I have a low growing fine grey green leafed weed in my grass that matches your description, has white flowers if left long enough, aromatic but I would not have said aniseed. I'm confused now! Original Cat said it is like flat-leaf parsley which Ligusticum resembles but now that it is very fine and delicate. Ligusticum does have the aniseed smell but there is something else that is almost dill like in its leaves but I don't know the name. My other suggestion would be Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) -- I'm sorry for being obviously not very gifted at describing the plant. None of the suggestions (having googled photos of same) match my plant. I said it had the same leaf structure as parsley, i.e. a ferny type leaf. However, I also said it was far more delicate, easily crushed/ bruised, very pale green, with some leaves white and even purple close to the ground. I am not sure how tall it would get given the chance - it didn't get the chance. I have to say I had never come across it anywhere until this year in my veg patch. There's only one thing for it: I must try and get a photo of it. If the weather permits next week end, and assuming that I didn't pluck every last bit of it, I'll take a pic and post a link to it. I seem to recall some time back someone posted a website through which one could access a database of photos categorised by shapes/colours etc. to identify plants. Has anyone the url for this? Thanks to all for the collective headscratching :-) Cat(h) Could it be a stray chervil or dill plant? Very likely chervil, definitely not dill (I am quasi intimate with dill, and would recognise it anywhere :-)) Cat(h) |
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