Plant identity

Foleyart

I spotted this plant growing madly in a drain at the bottom of my garden. We live right on the edge of the bog and the drain is the border between us. Just curious as to what it might be.

littlebug

that'd be the very rarely seen Invisible Connemara Bog Anemone

Do you have a pic?

Irish Gardener

A guess without a pic....... Hmmm..... I guess Gunnera.

Foleyart

Sorry sorry sorry ! bloody pc I have trouble trying to negotiate my way around it I use one in the home for games but I am a mac man thru and thru. Anyway there it is now.;)

Irish Gardener

No bother, I got a good laugh as my blind guess was way out.

Looks like you have a good crop of Soleirolia soleirolii AKA baby's tears, mind-your-own-business, Irish moss or the fitting.... Corsican curse.

A real invasive weed, don't let it creep into your lawn.

That of course is if I have identified it correctly from your pic.
Do a google image search to confirm for yourself.

Foleyart

I hope thats not what it is, we are living in the middle of the bog and I have no idea where it might have come from. Here is another picture that might be a little clearer.

oblivious

I thinks it called



Mind-your-own-business (what a name)

some links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soleirolia_soleirolii

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/868.shtml

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/myob.htm

Scientific Name: Soleirolia soleirolii, syn. Helxine soleirolii
Other names: Baby's Tears, Irish Moss
Family: Urticaceae

A semi-evergreen perennial which forms a dense mat about 5cm high, originally introduced as an ornamental plant, from Corsica. In the right place it makes excellent ground cover and is grown indoors as well. It prefers moist soil and partial shade, spreading rapidly using pink thread-like stems. The foliage is killed by frost, but it regrows in the spring. The pink-tinged, white flowers are minute and appear in the summer.
It is very difficult to remove from the lawn as it is resistant to selective weedkillers. Try raking it out, but be careful not to spread it to unaffected areas. Then feed the grass and allow it to grow longer for a while to out-compete the MYOB. A tight, strong-growing sward should win in the end! In other areas a total weedkiller like Glyphosate will remove it, or it may be nesessary to kill a patch in the lawn and resow when the MYOB has gone.