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Plant & Weed ID Megathread

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    #362
    macraignil
    Registered Users Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭macraignil


    Frogeye wrote: »
    Hi lads. Any idea what this is? There is loads of it around parts of my site and in a ditch recently earthed up.

    Should i be worried!

    Frogeye


    I think it is a fairly common weed and not a big worry. Is it the plant called fat hen?


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    #363
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Frogeye wrote: »
    Hi lads. Any idea what this is? There is loads of it around parts of my site and in a ditch recently earthed up.

    Should i be worried!

    Frogeye

    Fat-hen. A sign of fertile soil but is an annual that spreads quickly. You'd need to hand pull or cut down before it sets seed. A general weed killer will also do the job.


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    #364
    RonanC
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭RonanC


    What is this type of weed? It is rapidly taking over my lawn

    https://imgur.com/a/StqobcY


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    #365
    looksee
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    It looks like couch or scutch grass. It will spread in a lawn and is difficult to get rid of. You would need a glyphosate weed killer that will get to the roots - it has a very extensive root system, and if you treat the scutch you will have some lawn repair to do afterwards.


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    #366
    Reckless Abandonment
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    Hey all. Any idea what this is. Got it from a sell who wasn't sure what it is. I feel it had potential. Not the healthiest at the moment mind you


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    #367
    TAZ32
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    Reckless Abandonment wrote: »
    Hey all. Any idea what this is. Got it from a sell who wasn't sure what it is. I feel it had potential. Not the healthiest at the moment mind you

    Lychnis 'Vesuvius'


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    #368
    Reckless Abandonment
    Registered Users Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭Reckless Abandonment


    TAZ32 wrote: »
    Lychnis 'Vesuvius'

    Fair play to you. That's her alright


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    #369
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    whats this shrub?

    shrub.jpg


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    #370
    highdef
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    fryup wrote: »
    whats this shrub?

    shrub.jpg

    I think it's a rhododendron.


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    #371
    RonanC
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭RonanC


    looksee wrote: »
    It looks like couch or scutch grass. It will spread in a lawn and is difficult to get rid of. You would need a glyphosate weed killer that will get to the roots - it has a very extensive root system, and if you treat the scutch you will have some lawn repair to do afterwards.

    Thanks for this, not what I wanted to hear though! Is this the same weed? It is popping up in places throughout my lawn too:

    4bXuq2I.jpg?1


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    #372
    Stheno
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    Any idea what this is? The big thing


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    #373
    GrumpyMe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭GrumpyMe


    Stheno wrote: »
    Any idea what this is? The big thing
    Either a Triffid or a Sunflower...


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    #374
    Stheno
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    GrumpyMe wrote: »
    Either a Triffid or a Sunflower...

    Lol I thought it was a sunflower but it had no flowery holder and plant snap said it was basil

    The stem and leaves are kinda purple

    And it doesn't need any support, whatever is is I've no idea how it got there


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    #375
    GrumpyMe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭GrumpyMe


    Stheno wrote: »
    Lol I thought it was a sunflower but it had now flowery holder and plant snap said it was basil
    Well it was the leaf that said Sunflower to me.
    from http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/medicinal_plants/pages/Sunflower.html
    sunflower_leaf.jpg

    Unless Triffids smell like Basil...


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    #376
    Stheno
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    Close up


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    #377
    GrumpyMe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭GrumpyMe


    Stheno wrote: »
    Close up


    I can only stress I still believe it to be Sunflower because of the leaf shape.


    Like these
    https://www.google.com/search?q=SUNFLOWER+LEAF&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI_8zE-drjAhWURBUIHb3WBg0Q_AUIESgB&biw=1813&bih=937&dpr=0.9#imgrc=_

    First two veins emerge from the leaf petiole before the leaf proper begins.


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    #378
    Stheno
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    GrumpyMe wrote: »
    I can only stress I still believe it to be Sunflower because of the leaf shape.


    Like these
    https://www.google.com/search?q=SUNFLOWER+LEAF&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI_8zE-drjAhWURBUIHb3WBg0Q_AUIESgB&biw=1813&bih=937&dpr=0.9#imgrc=_

    First two veins emerge from the leaf petiole before the leaf proper begins.

    I'm the same convinced it's sunflower


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    #379
    The Waxbill
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭The Waxbill


    Some help with these please guys?


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    #380
    The Waxbill
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭The Waxbill


    Some help with this please guys?
    I’m saving some seeds from it at the moment and forgotten what it’s called.


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    #381
    magicbastarder
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    no pics attached.


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    #382
    bkrangle
    Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭bkrangle


    Can anyone ID this wildflower/weed?

    I've had loads of them popping up in my garden, they seem to grow very quickly.
    I've ripped up most of them but left a few as they look nice enough

    Thanks!


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    #383
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,175 ✭✭✭highdef


    bkrangle wrote: »
    Can anyone ID this wildflower/weed?

    I've had loads of them popping up in my garden, they seem to grow very quickly.
    I've ripped up most of them but left a few as they look nice enough

    Thanks!

    Looks like rosebay willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium) - I get this all the time in my gardens. Pops up constantly.


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    #384
    bkrangle
    Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭bkrangle


    highdef wrote: »
    Looks like rosebay willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium) - I get this all the time in my gardens. Pops up constantly.

    Thanks, I'd seen that one mentioned on some wildflower lists but didn't realise it was what I had as the flowers haven't opened up yet.

    It seems to be good for pollinators so I might leave some where they are for the moment.


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    #385
    macraignil
    Registered Users Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭macraignil


    bkrangle wrote: »
    Thanks, I'd seen that one mentioned on some wildflower lists but didn't realise it was what I had as the flowers haven't opened up yet.

    It seems to be good for pollinators so I might leave some where they are for the moment.


    It does go to seed very fast. While I let some wild flowers grow away in my own garden and even spread seeds from some this willow herb is one I try to remove whenever I see it. The flowers don't last very long and are very quickly replaced by masses of fury seeds that are wind dispersed so even if you try remove it there will always be some more blow in. It also has a bad habit of growing up through other plants so even very dense healthy shrubs or flower beds can have their appearance disrupted by these weeds.


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    #386
    looksee
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    Have you ever looked at one of those furry seedpods as it is opening? They are very pretty and a magnificent piece of engineering! Though granted this is not a good reason for leaving them as you will have an entire garden of willowherb in no time.


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    #387
    Blanchy90
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭Blanchy90


    Hi my garden is full of these vines, my grass isn't in great shape and I plan to feed it. The garden is about a year old.

    I've just started pulling up the vines that's when I realised how bad it is. What's the best way to get rid of them.

    Cheers
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDsaagYfEyTnhg-r209RCbQ?sub_confirmation=1




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    #388
    New Home
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    What kind of vines? Would you be able to post a picture, please? (if it's there already, apologies, I can't actually see it).


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    #389
    Blanchy90
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭Blanchy90


    Hi my garden is full of these vines, my grass isn't in great shape and I plan to feed it. The garden is about a year old.

    I've just started pulling up the vines that's when I realised how bad it is. What's the best way to get rid of them.

    Cheers

    35bccgx.jpg
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDsaagYfEyTnhg-r209RCbQ?sub_confirmation=1




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    #390
    New Home
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    It's black medick.


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    #391
    New Home
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    BTW, this list is both useful and interesting, imo. Published by Teagasc.

    https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/crops/horticulture/vegetables/Illustrated_Guide_to_Horticultural_Weeds.pdf


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