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B3B3 Posts: 26,483

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 I'm a divvil for leaving self-seeded plants to see what they develop into. But I'm learning that this often means that I repent at leisure - no that's wrong - I repent at weeding!

Can anyone identify this plant.  Is it a type of willow herb? 

It has reddish stems, but not the ones in the picture.

Thanks Chaps.

In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • Bushman2Bushman2 Posts: 548

    It's a salvia but for the life of me i can't remember it's name. Has purple flowers.

  • B3B3 Posts: 26,483

    I'll let it stay then. Thanks Bushman.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Bushman2Bushman2 Posts: 548

    Spreads like hell. Are the leaves hairy or downy?

  • B3B3 Posts: 26,483

    No they're smooth. Perhaps I'd better pull it out. I never plant salvias as they're slug food so perhaps it's something else.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,299

    It doesn't look like a salvia to me but I haven't got a better suggestion



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    All I can see is herb Robert and a willowherb.

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 14,354

    It is not any Salvia that I know.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,086
    Dave Morgan wrote (see)

    All I can see is herb Robert and a willowherb.

    I agree Dave ... and possibly some pulmonaria flower buds top left.


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 26,483

    I thought it might be willowherb. I like herb Robert so I let it stay sometimes. There is indeed a pulmonaria in the corner and a young teasel at the top. I'm more of an umpire than a gardenerimage

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Bushman2Bushman2 Posts: 548

    It could well be a willowherb but for the life of me i can't remember the name of the plant i thought it might be image Sorry not much help, i'm feeling like a bit of an old fart.

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