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    Does anyone know what this is please.........
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  • #2
    Looks like a Hawkweed to me?

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    • #3
      Its,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a plant, sorry I am boring myself now,am going to bed

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      • #4
        Looks a little bit cornflower-ish?
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        • #5
          I'm with Carol!

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          • #6
            Actually, Bins, I think you need to wait until it flowers. At least, then, we'll have a fighting chance!
            All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
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            • #7
              It's bl@@dy orange hawkweed, aka fox and cubs, aka pilosella aurantiaca. Apparently some people like it - clearly they haven't had to pull huge mats of it out of an entire garden! It spreads by runners/rhizomes, a bit like strawberries, but much more eeeeeevil. Shallow rooted, but forms solid mats of very fine roots that seem to choke out anything else. Except ground elder, of course.

              There's an old concrete cold frame base in my garden that had been completely taken over by weeds. Between the hawkweed and the ground elder I had solid mats six inches deep, all firmly anchored down by dandelion and Welsh poppy roots. Absolutely ghastly.
              March is the new winter.

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              • #8
                That's the one eirish. I have it in amongst the three cornered leek, pink campion and perennial cornflowers under the trees. I do like it but don't have to worry about its takeover bids!
                I wonder whether Welsh Poppies would grow in there as well?

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                • #9
                  Interesting - I had three-cornered leek and red campion in the garden as well! So I'd guess that Welsh poppies would be quite happy under your trees. Other things that are doing well in the same conditions are aquilegias, forget-me-nots, wild strawberries and the eternal lemon balm. There's a big patch of red campion and forget-me-nots on a bank by the drive and the combination is stunning.
                  Last edited by eirish; 15-06-2012, 09:57 AM. Reason: apparently my pink is red!
                  March is the new winter.

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                  • #10
                    That is interesting eirish - we must have the same soil! I also have wild strawberries, primroses, forget-me-nots and cranesbills, that are spreading. I like the mixed up effect and its very low maintenance - just as well as its on a steep slope.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by eirish View Post
                      It's bl@@dy orange hawkweed, aka fox and cubs, aka pilosella aurantiaca. Apparently some people like it - clearly they haven't had to pull huge mats of it out of an entire garden! It spreads by runners/rhizomes, a bit like strawberries, but much more eeeeeevil. Shallow rooted, but forms solid mats of very fine roots that seem to choke out anything else. Except ground elder, of course.

                      There's an old concrete cold frame base in my garden that had been completely taken over by weeds. Between the hawkweed and the ground elder I had solid mats six inches deep, all firmly anchored down by dandelion and Welsh poppy roots. Absolutely ghastly.
                      Agree, orange hawkweed. I end up pulling it out each year.
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                      • #12
                        Interesting indeed! Loads of primroses here as well - there's a whole bank of 'em next to the house that's been blooming since we moved in, in mid February. Spectacular. Do you have spotted orchids? There's a few coming through behind the house and I've been told there are lots more on the primrose bank.
                        March is the new winter.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                          That's the one eirish. I have it in amongst the three cornered leek, pink campion and perennial cornflowers under the trees. I do like it but don't have to worry about its takeover bids!
                          I wonder whether Welsh Poppies would grow in there as well?
                          Want any of the seeds?

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
                            Agree, orange hawkweed. I end up pulling it out each year.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by chris View Post
                              Want any of the seeds?
                              You can never have too many Welsh Poppies! Actually, I don't have any
                              Why is it that flowers that grow like weeds in other gardens never do that for me?

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