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Is this a weed?

HeartinthedirtHeartinthedirt Posts: 300
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Might be called Luzula Sylvatica. Keeps popping up in a fairly dry, partially shaded, West facing border. I've never left it long enough to see if it flowers as it seems a bit thuggish. Anyone know it? Thanks

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  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,380
    Looks like sedge, though I'm happy to be corrected. If so, it does tend to grow fast into big, tough clumps - you can keep it small by pulling the excess out, and definitely pull the seed heads because it's very easy to grow, and it will. 
    You could make a therapy patch of it, it's very satisfying when you get a big clump out. 😄
  • HeartinthedirtHeartinthedirt Posts: 300
    Thanks @Slow-worm, my plant id app is throwing up too many options, but sedge was one of them. I like the sound of a therapy patch! 
    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,046
    Carex pendula, yup. a weed to most of us
    Devon.
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