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Can anyone identify this red stemed plant?

31-05-2010 4:06pm

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I'm pretty clueless :rolleyes:

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#2 31-05-2010 4:23pm

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I have to say it looks like a weed, the name of which escapes me at the moment.

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#3 31-05-2010 4:47pm

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bmaxi wrote: »

I have to say it looks like a weed, the name of which escapes me at the moment.

Definitely a weed though? They're sprouting up all over the garden.

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#4 31-05-2010 4:51pm

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Looks like the weed "Purple Loosestrife" aka Lythrum salicaria

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#5 31-05-2010 4:57pm

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kkelly77 wrote: »

Definitely a weed though? They're sprouting up all over the garden.

I think you've answered your own question.

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#6 31-05-2010 7:33pm

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looks like willow herb to me.

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#7 31-05-2010 8:38pm

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rose bay willow herb get it out now while there is still time ! goes everywhere terible thing

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#8 31-05-2010 9:20pm

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its a horrible, horrible weed

get rid of it immediately

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#9 01-06-2010 1:18pm

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We'd call that redshank... typically in recently tilled ground. New lawns or reseeded fields... Once it is cut down it won't come back..

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicweeds/weed_information/weed.php?id=18

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#10 01-06-2010 8:40pm

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bbam wrote: »

We'd call that redshank... typically in recently tilled ground. New lawns or reseeded fields... Once it is cut down it won't come back..

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicweeds/weed_information/weed.php?id=18

sorry, i have disagree with you on that, i am battling with this weed for the last 3 years. it is impossible get rid of - it is the bane of my life. :(

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#11 02-06-2010 12:57pm

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Originally Posted by bbam
We'd call that redshank... typically in recently tilled ground. New lawns or reseeded fields... Once it is cut down it won't come back..

Oh yes it will/might! Have this in my garden every year despite cutting, spraying etc. Depends what ground was used for before your house was built or what is in the neighbouring properties. If the seed is dormant in the ground it'll keep coming.

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#12 02-06-2010 4:16pm

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Fatswaldo wrote: »

Originally Posted by bbam
We'd call that redshank... typically in recently tilled ground. New lawns or reseeded fields... Once it is cut down it won't come back..

Oh yes it will/might! Have this in my garden every year despite cutting, spraying etc. Depends what ground was used for before your house was built or what is in the neighbouring properties. If the seed is dormant in the ground it'll keep coming.

Maybe its not redshank then...
cheers

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#13 02-06-2010 5:12pm

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My 'douze points' goes to mountainy man/dardevle.
Its Epilobium angustifolium AKA Rosebay Willowherb, look at the alternate leaf structure. Quite prolific but easy to pull up ( lots in my garden ).

This and this are very familiar to me.

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