What is this Weed?

Hello all

I Hope you are Well.

I have this Weed growing in sections of the Borders:



Can someone Please identify this for me?

Also, what is most effective way to get rid of it?

Thanks in advance

Kevin

 

It looks like 'mind your own business '
Mind-your-own-business Groundcover Plant | RHS Advice

 

It could be what I've always called Baby Blue Eyes but sorry I don't know the Latin name for it. It's currently taking over my garden.

 

Hello @BB3

Thanks. it does seem to be that.

Now, I need to remove it, the RHS recommends removing it with a Trowel or Hand Fork.

I made the mistake Last Year of Hoeing it which the RHS discourages as it helps it to Spread, oh well, Live and Learn.

Thanks

Kevin

 

Mind your own doesn't like frosts and dies back....and then comes again. Agree do not hoe as this just spreads it. Digging up as much as you can and do not put in the compost heap but somewhere else as in the heap it just thrives. The tiniest piece left will spread. Sorry but it is a slow and continuous process with you taking out as much as you can.

 

Looks like what we call "creeping charlie".

I see them, I pull them!

 

Bitter cress.

 

Agree with the bitter cress.
The best way to get rid of it is hoeing when the weather is dry if you can remember what that is! In small areas I use a pointing trowel like a hoe to slice off the weeds. These sort of weeds come up thickly like that when you turn the soil so mulching bare soil helps keep them down.

 

OMG! Cardamine hirsuta...hairy bittercress.
I didn't recognise it above.
Never seen it growing in a mass like that.

Cardamine hirsuta - Wikipedia

Bittercress: Removal Tips | RHS Advice

A horrid weed...the bane of my life.
It forms a very small rosette and is very easily removed root and all by hand weeding...pic 1.
But it can flower when absolutely tiny with explose seed pods.pic 2/3
See other pics below

 

And the seed pods explode when you touch the plant to pull it out.

 

Pic to show flower and seed pods that burst to throw seeds away from the parent plant.

 

Hello all

Thanks for the Replies.

Whilst I always appreciate the Help. I am now more confused than I was prior to Creating the Thread

So, 'Mind your own Business', or, 'Hairy Bittercress' ?

One says Do Not Hoe as it Helps it to Spread, whilst the other says to Hoe it in order to Kill it, so which is it?

Also, there have never been any Flowers, that I have seen.

I obviously do not want to Spread it so I need to know, for sure, which it is.

Thanks in advance

Kevin

 

Definitely not mind your own business - be grateful it's not!
You never completely get rid of it but you can keep it under control. A

 

Hi Kevin,
My problem is that your photo is just not detailed enough.
see wiki pic below

Soleirolia - Wikipedia

Soleirolia soleirolii...common name Mind your own business is often grown as a houseplant.
Outside it forms a carpet of tiny green leaves just a few inches tall.

Quote RHS .
"A wide-creeping evergreen perennial with slender, rooting, pink or green stems bearing tiny rounded leaves and minute pinkish-white flowers in summer"

Quote Gardens World...
"Best known as an indoor plant, baby's tears, or mind your own business, Soleirolia soleirolii makes an attractive and maintenance-free alternative to grass as ground cover in moist, shady areas. It's also suitable for using in green walls (pictured), and as a substitute for moss in a Japanese garden. The masses of tiny leaves clothe slender spreading stems that root as they run, forming a dense deep-pile carpet. As it covers the ground it will run over rocks, fallen logs, and so on, clinging to their shape so the features of the landscape are picked out.
Quick to establish, Soleirolia soleirolii survives periodic dry spells and recovers quickly afterwards. It will tolerate sun or shade. Frost hardy, its leaves are killed by winter frost, but it will recover to grow vigorously in spring."

Below are 7 clear images to show the flowers and leaves.
Sadly my pics are not very good.

Soleirolia soleirolii, picture 4 of 7


While Cardamine hirsute has a small rosette with a fibrous root...see my pics in post above.
I hand weed it...one weed at a time.
But cos it flowers and sets seeds when tiny often it has seeded before I weed it.

Hoeing just brings more weed seeds to the surface.

You will need to go outside and have a close look and see if it is a creeper or if it grows in small rosettes.

 

Hello @Silver surfer

Thanks for the Reply.

When you say 'My problem is that your photo is just not detailed enough.', what would you require?

It is difficult to get a Close Up Photo as my Phone, Samsung Galaxy S21+, does not have a Macro Lens.

Thanks

Kevin