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Weed ID
I have a mystery weed in my borders, and wonder if anyone can ID it for me.
There's a photo at: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/melanie.mccluskey/ Many thanks. |
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Weed ID
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:17:23 +0100, Mel wrote:
I have a mystery weed in my borders, and wonder if anyone can ID it for me. There's a photo at: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/melanie.mccluskey/ Many thanks. Mouse-ear hawkweed? -- MCC |
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"MCC" wrote :
I have a mystery weed in my borders, and wonder if anyone can ID it for me. Mouse-ear hawkweed? Ah, thanks, yes. I've just Googled "hawkweed" - it's Orange Hawkweed. Tis the devil's weed, I tell ya. I'll be out with the Roundup this weekend. Thanks. |
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"Mel" wrote
I have a mystery weed in my borders, and wonder if anyone can ID it for Mouse-ear hawkweed? Ah, thanks, yes. I've just Googled "hawkweed" - it's Orange Hawkweed. Tis the devil's weed, I tell ya. I'll be out with the Roundup this weekend. I've just been reading up on this and it seems that you can actually buy seeds for this plant. I suppose if it's kept under control it's okay, but in my garden this is one of the most invasive plants I've ever come across. It only appeared in my garden last year, and this year it's swamping everything and I don't like orange flowers! |
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Weed ID
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:31:11 +0100, Mel wrote:
"MCC" wrote : I have a mystery weed in my borders, and wonder if anyone can ID it for me. Mouse-ear hawkweed? Ah, thanks, yes. I've just Googled "hawkweed" - it's Orange Hawkweed. Tis the devil's weed, I tell ya. I'll be out with the Roundup this weekend. Thanks. Orange Hawkweed it is - Mouse-ear Hawkweed only has one flower on each stem. My mistake - sorry. -- MCC |
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Weed ID
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:41:54 +0100, "Mel"
wrote: "Mel" wrote I have a mystery weed in my borders, and wonder if anyone can ID it for Mouse-ear hawkweed? Ah, thanks, yes. I've just Googled "hawkweed" - it's Orange Hawkweed. Tis the devil's weed, I tell ya. I'll be out with the Roundup this weekend. You don't need Roundup for that. It comes up quite easily in my front garden. It spreads by roots just under the soil and if you ease up the main bit, and pull, the rest come up beautifully for me. Incidentally several of my neighbours have asked what that pretty orange flower is . . . . One even asked me to pot her up a bit as she knew I was removing it! Pam in Bristol |
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"Mel" wrote in message ... "MCC" wrote : I have a mystery weed in my borders, and wonder if anyone can ID it for me. Mouse-ear hawkweed? Ah, thanks, yes. I've just Googled "hawkweed" - it's Orange Hawkweed. Tis the devil's weed, I tell ya. I'll be out with the Roundup this weekend. Thanks. I love it, we found just one plant in the 'lawn many yezrs go nd I tried to make it reproduce but it wouldn't. Last year it appeared briefly in the bank, this year it has spread and spread, wonderful ground cover and it's unaffected by the hens' scratching. It's still flowering too! It's locally known as fox and cubs, Devil's paintbrush and (our favourite) Grim the Collier. Mary |
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