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peteS
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Can anyone identify this nuisance weed. It grows in all the wall crevices, can get quite long and scraggly and is a haven for slugs and snails. It has tiny purplish flowers with a yellow middle. Cheers.
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Ceres
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April 2021
It's ivy-leaved toadflax.
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Dovefromabove
Central Norfolk UK
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Gorgeous little plant ... love it on old walls ... it's not attracting the slugs and snails ... they're living in the wall and will do that whether or not the toadflax is there.
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/ivy-leaved-toadflax
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peteS
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April 2021
Thanks for that
@Ceres
...just looked it up and apparently the leaves are edible, tasting a bit like watercress. Maybe a salad beckons.
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micearguers
Cambridge
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April 2021
One of the most loved plants here! You can cut it back to suit your needs.
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peteS
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April 2021
Thanks for the comments, I think I will look at it in a different light from now on.
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Dovefromabove
Central Norfolk UK
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😊
“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.”
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TheGreenMan
Tyne & Wear Green Belt
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April 2021
Awwwww. The flat that we recently moved out of had tons of this on the walls of the yard.
I loved it. It made the walls part of my pot garden.
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Loxley
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April 2021
I like it too. You can quite easily tug it out if it gets a bit too much.
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bertrand-mabel
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April 2021
Used this to show my students the stomata underneath the leaves as they are so easily seen under a microscope.
In our garden and as others have said easy to pull back and controlled.
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peteS
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April 2021
Has anyone actually ate some.
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