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CamelliadCamelliad Posts: 402
I'm assuming that this is something I should be digging out- it's growing too well. But before I do I'd like to know what it is. Does anyone recognise it?


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  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,699
    Might need another photo taken further away to get an idea of its growth habit. It looks like a Candytuft plant. Possibly wild Candytuft, Iberis Amara. 
  • CamelliadCamelliad Posts: 402
    Thank you @Borderline here is another photo

  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,699
    Thanks for the second photo. I'm afraid I'm none the wiser with this.

    They look a bit like Dianthus Deltoides, but a wild guess here. If you have a few, weed some of them out and leave a few clumps to see how they grow.

    Hopefully someone else may recognise it. 
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,233
    They remind me of the forget me nots I have in my garden.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 52,266
    I think they look a bit like that too @Ladybird4, but the one behind also looks a bit like a Knapweed. 

    Are these all the same plants? The original pic looks different from that last one. Are they just at different stages?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • CamelliadCamelliad Posts: 402
    Thank you everyone. Sorry I've confused you all.

    Yes same plant but could be a few different types growing very close to eachother. I do have forget me nots - I think that's the plant at the top of the photo? The one in the middle is the one I can't work out. It was all so overgrown last year that I pulled everything out and didn't look. This year there are still so many weeds but my positive take on it is that they are at least growing in clumps rather than one big mass of impenetrability.

    I'm grateful that the bindweed hasn't kicked into gear yet...
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