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Any ideas what this may be? It isn't lemon balm of the herb variety, but smells similar. It's very invasive, spreads by thick white-ish/cream roots fairly near the surface, has hairy stems and leaves, and gets to about knee height, Smothering it doesn't work, it just creeps along underneath and pops out where it finds light... No pics because it hasn't emerged yet.
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You absolutely sure it's not lemon balm Sarz? This site From the Garden: Five Lemon-Scented Herbs | The Kitchn reckons it's really invasive. -
Lemon verbena?
There's also a Lemon-Scented Pelargonium ... the purple stuff grows like a weedComment
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No its definitely not lemon balm, I've got that in the back garden and it's got lighter colored foliage than lemon balm, slightly bigger and more heart-shaped leaves and thicker more white roots,Comment
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Did it flower last year?Comment
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In fact, thinking about it, it looks a bit like a nettle when it's growing, but it doesn't sting.
I'll have a look through my photos and see if I've caught it in a pic of something else.Comment
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Yes, it had purpley-red flowers in the top third of the spikes, similar shaped to salvia flowers, but more space between the flowers, if that makes sense..Originally posted by alldigging View PostComment
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Verbena would be my guess.Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=twComment
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some kind of catmint?Comment
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Sounds quite nice.Originally posted by SarzWix View Post
If the bees liked it then it sounds like a nice plant to have aboutComment
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This is very like it, except the flowers are purple and its most definitely a perennial, not an annual.
California hedge nettleComment
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Could it be ground ivy? I think that can smell lemmony.A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)
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could it be a red or white dead nettle?'' We came in different ships, but we're all in the same boat ''
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