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  • Well behaved weed - what is it?

    Hi,
    I have a prolific but very well behaved weed on my plot but I haven't been able to find out what it is (I only got the plot this spring).

    It only grows leaves (or maybe is biennial), stays about 1-3 inches big for ages. In the length of the year the biggest ones have got as big as the photo below and developed multiple rosettes.

    The leaves are a bit hairy. The root system is small and easy to pull up. It is not tough like a plaintain, instead the leaves rip easily when pulled.

    I have it all over the plot as if it has been seeded, however none of the plants are seeding, flowering or showing any signs of reproducing other than developing multiple rosettes.



    Any suggestions? Thank you!
    Moose

  • #2
    I would suggest that it is Lambs Lettuce or Mache. It is bi annual but if left to seed becomes a prolific weed.
    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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    • #3
      Forget-me-not? Self seeds mercilessly
      K's Garden blog the story of the creation of our garden

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      • #4
        Forget-me-not or Red Campion maybe?
        I don't know Lamb's Lettuce so can't comment.

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        • #5
          Lambs lettuce looks a bit like forget me not but the leaves are shiny.
          Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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          • #6
            From looking online it seems most like lambs lettuce apart from the leaves being hairy. Maybe I have a special hairy version?!
            Moose :-)
            Last edited by Randommoose; 21-11-2014, 01:43 PM.

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            • #7
              Another vote for forget-me-not. I'm happy to let it flower (and seed) anywhere where it's not in the way, since it's so easy to pull up when the space is needed for something else.
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              • #8
                Yup. Forget-me-not.
                All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                • #9
                  I also think it's forget-me-not.
                  Last edited by Shadylane; 22-11-2014, 10:25 AM.

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                  • #10
                    Thank you for the replies everyone! :-)

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                    • #11
                      Hairy = forget-me-not. My favourite weed as it's so well behaved. Unlike strawberries which are also my favourite weed but for a different reason

                      PS. FMN are biennials so yours will flower next spring
                      Last edited by nellie-m; 22-11-2014, 03:30 PM.
                      ...bonkers about beans... and now a proud Nutter!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Randommoose View Post
                        very well behaved weed
                        It's myosotis: there are 100s of self-sown plants on my plot, some of which I allow to flower, the rest are treated as green manure: pulled up, roughly chopped, and left on the soil as a mulch
                        Last edited by Two_Sheds; 24-11-2014, 09:33 AM.
                        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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