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What is taking over my grass!

tdsmythetdsmythe Posts: 21
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Can anyone ID what is taking over my grass and how I can sort it out!?

Thanks 

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,090
    I think it could be pink campion. Do you have any around that’s self seeded? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,527
    Could be Prunella vulgaris (Self Heal)
    I have it in my lawn and has a lovely purple flower.

    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,090
    I think it’s too long for that.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • tdsmythetdsmythe Posts: 21
    It did start to get buds on it, but I don’t have anything that would self seed like that.

    its like a carpet when you get underneath it!

  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,527
    Prunella would be getting buds about now and it can form a carpet.
    Maybe you could leave it to flower and see what it is.
    Just another thought does it smell of anything when crushed?
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,271
    edited June 2021
    Scarlet pimpernel makes a mat like that in my lawn.  So does speedwell, but I think the leaf edges are too smooth to be that.

    I love wild flowers in my lawn so I'm afraid I have no suggestions for getting rid of them...   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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