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9:35 pm
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Wed 30-Dec-09
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Earlier in the year I spotted some seedlings in the herb bed but they looked a bit like strawberry plants so I left them to grow. What appeared doesn't seem to be a strawberry though, certainly not one which I'd want to eat. Does anyone have any idea what it might be?
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9:44 pm
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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Those l inks aren't opening for me Mike, please check them?
I'll try that again!
10:06 pm
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Thu 24-Sep-09
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Fine for me Mike.
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10:10 pm
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Thu 24-Sep-09
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Mike I think it is a wild flower called the wood aven. If you do a google search, you will see pictures of them.
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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It is a geum. Wood avens as Danuta says.
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I used to have 'Mrs Bradshaw' in my garden, she was so pretty. I have some Nicotiana sprouting at the moment, Silvestris I believe, looking forward to that, it was a gift [several years ago] from a friend in Germany. The opening up of the garden has allowed it to germinate from seeds that must have been cast about 5 years ago.
I'll try that again!
12:16 pm
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Thanks for that - I just googled wood aven and it looks like the same stuff. I really need to buy some kind of wild plant identification book. As I get more serious with the gardening, it's going to be handy for me to be able to identify what turns up there...
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I can't open them either. They hang.
Just look at his great ears flapping about.
6:31 pm
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Thu 24-Sep-09
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Mike, I use the Collins Complete Guide to British Wild Flowers. It is part of a series which I find excellent. I also have the ones on Wildlife, Trees and Insects. Got them as a set from a Book Club quite cheaply a while ago. Lots of very clear photos and descriptions. I love them.
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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I can't open them either, but geum does have similar leaves to a wild strawberry, however it's a pain in the a..e, it spreads and gets everywhere
9:20 pm
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Wed 30-Dec-09
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Terrier said:
I can't open them either, but geum does have similar leaves to a wild strawberry, however it's a pain in the a..e, it spreads and gets everywhere
Thanks for the warning - I'll dig it up tomorrow.
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10:42 pm
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I would- they spread...
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Earlier this week I ordered a couple of books from amazon - Richard Maybe's Food for Free and the Collins Gem wild flower book Danuta mentioned. The books have been quite handy already - so far I've identified Wild Mustard (which was part of the edible leaves and shoots mixture I got from Garden Organic) and Petty Spurge (which grows everywhere but seems to be 10 times worse this year).
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