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OvergrowthOvergrowth Posts: 41
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Any ideas?

Has taken over my mother's garden - it seems to grow in mainly shady spots and looks a bit like Creeping Charlie and seems to spread in the same way but the leaves are maybe different and it has a subtle yellow flower. 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,154

    What is Creeping Charlie?



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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,154

    need a photo for a reliable ID image



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  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 6,642

    Looks like lesser celandine, I think

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,179

    I agree with rasingirl's ID but like nutcutlet I have never heard of Creeping Charlie. image Lesser celandine disappears in the summer.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,154

    Creeping Charlie is Ground Ivy, Glechoma hederaceae. I just had a google image



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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,179

    Wow, thanks nutcutlet. Thats my new bit of knowledge for today image Overgrowth, are you in the UK?

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  • CloggieCloggie Posts: 1,455

    Ha, this has just popped up in my white bed (which is isolated from others).  I left it there thinking it was pretty but having read about it will tackle it forthwith.

    Thanks for the heads up.

  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 3,845

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeping_charlie

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  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713

    Do you mean Creeping Jenny Overgrowth?  I have Creeping Jenny which spreads very well, it also has a small yellow flower but isn't anything like this lesser celandine.

  • OvergrowthOvergrowth Posts: 41

    Thanks all, and apologies - Yes, Creeping Charlie is Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederaceae). Guess we have all just called it that! (I'm based in northern UK)

    Not that this beast looks much better! 

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