Weed? Intentional?
 

Hello,

I'm having trouble identifying this plant: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/...4d2966.jpg?v=0

The place we've moved into has this stuff all over the place; rockeries, borders, shade, you name it. I haven't been here long enough to know if it flowers or not (those yellow flowers are from an adjacent plant).

Any information, i.e. if this plant is beneficial for wildlife, if it's something I should yank out, etc., would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Lanna

Weed? Intentional?
 

On 13/10/08 15:21, in article ,
"Mitulove" wrote:


Hello,

I'm having trouble identifying this plant: http://tinyurl.com/43od7z

The place we've moved into has this stuff all over the place;
rockeries, borders, shade, you name it. I haven't been here long
enough to know if it flowers or not (those yellow flowers are from an
adjacent plant).

Any information, i.e. if this plant is beneficial for wildlife, if it's
something I should yank out, etc., would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Lanna



Does this help?
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...nG=Search+Imag
es&gbv=2

I absolutely love iy and would leave it to go where and as it pleases. I'd
wait to see it in flower next summer and then decide if you want to let it
have its head or not.


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

Weed? Intentional?
 

On 13 Oct, 15:34, Sacha wrote:
On 13/10/08 15:21, in article ,





"Mitulove" wrote:

Hello,

I'm having trouble identifying this plant:http://tinyurl.com/43od7z

The place we've moved into has this stuff all over the place;
rockeries, borders, shade, you name it. *I haven't been here long
enough to know if it flowers or not (those yellow flowers are from an
adjacent plant).

Any information, i.e. if this plant is beneficial for wildlife, if it's
something I should yank out, etc., would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Lanna

Does this help?http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...llis&btnG=Sear...
es&gbv=2

I absolutely love iy and would leave it to go where and as it pleases. *I'd
wait to see it in flower next summer and then decide if you want to let it
have its head or not.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Looks to me as if it could be Geranium macrorrhizum.
The yellow looks like Limnanthes Douglasii
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

Thank you for your replies.

Here is a close-up of the leaves:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/...179227.jpg?v=0

It looks fairly close to the geranium mentioned, maybe a different species?

Thanks,
Lanna

Weed? Intentional?
 

On 13/10/08 17:43, in article
, "Dave
Hill" wrote:

On 13 Oct, 15:34, Sacha wrote:
On 13/10/08 15:21, in article ,





"Mitulove" wrote:

Hello,

I'm having trouble identifying this plant:http://tinyurl.com/43od7z

The place we've moved into has this stuff all over the place;
rockeries, borders, shade, you name it. *I haven't been here long
enough to know if it flowers or not (those yellow flowers are from an
adjacent plant).

Any information, i.e. if this plant is beneficial for wildlife, if it's
something I should yank out, etc., would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Lanna

Does this
help?http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...llis&btnG=Sear...
es&gbv=2

I absolutely love iy and would leave it to go where and as it pleases. *I'd
wait to see it in flower next summer and then decide if you want to let it
have its head or not.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Looks to me as if it could be Geranium macrorrhizum.
The yellow looks like Limnanthes Douglasii
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

In which case I've made a big mistake. I looked, I wondered and I plumped
for Alchemilla Mollis as a real possible, given the self-seeding. Either
way, I'd still wait and see.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

There are also geraniums that self-seed, ornamental ones as well as wild ones like bloody cranesbill. But they aren't difficult to keep under control.

Weed? Intentional?
 

On Oct 14, 12:10 am, Mitulove
wrote:
Thank you for your replies.

Here is a close-up of the leaves:http://tinyurl.com/3zzy6n

It looks fairly close to the geranium mentioned, maybe a different
species?


That is Geranium ok. G.macorrhizum spreads and can work as ground
cover. It is not a weed as such but you may have to periodically keep
it at bay.

You probably have some of the plant Sacha mentioned anyway. If not,
get some. It is pretty and harmless and always seems to look right
where it self seeds.



Thanks,
Lanna

Dave Hill;818921 Wrote:

Weed? Intentional?
 

On 14/10/08 09:24, in article
, "Des
Higgins" wrote:

On Oct 14, 12:10 am, Mitulove
wrote:
Thank you for your replies.

Here is a close-up of the leaves:http://tinyurl.com/3zzy6n

It looks fairly close to the geranium mentioned, maybe a different
species?


That is Geranium ok. G.macorrhizum spreads and can work as ground
cover. It is not a weed as such but you may have to periodically keep
it at bay.

You probably have some of the plant Sacha mentioned anyway. If not,
get some. It is pretty and harmless and always seems to look right
where it self seeds.


Yes, it does look Geranium but it's best to wait for it to flower to see
which. The longer distance photo looked remarkably like A. mollis and that,
with the spreading tendencies made me think of that. Some people think it's
a nuisance, I think it's wonderful and the colour of its flowers sets off
everything else and gives a sort of 'lift' to a border.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)