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  1. PoppyStarFlower

    PoppyStarFlower Apprentice Gardener

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    Please can someone tell me what this is? It’s all over my flowerbeds if I need to get it out I don’t want it getting any bigger!!
     
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    Geum urbanum perhaps?
     
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    Not a lot to go on, but could be creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens.)
     
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      I vote for creeping buttercup as well. Looks like it has been partly buried. Bit of digging required to get to the central growing point and the roots to remove each one but they will often form chains of plants so you can follow the links from older ones to newer ones to help find them all as you dig them out.
      Happy gardening!
       
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        Looks a bit like creeping buttercup but ths forms a rosette, have you pulled some of the leaves off @PoppyStarFlower
         
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          Here’s a better picture of another one if that helps?

          Thank you all for helping me.
           
        • On the Levels

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          With the better photo as others have said creeping buttercup.
           
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          • PoppyStarFlower

            PoppyStarFlower Apprentice Gardener

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            Thank you all. What should I do? Is it easy to get rid of?
             
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            I use an old screwdriver to get under the root and lever them out, you can't easily pull them out by the leaves. I've never completely got rid of them here after years and years. Worse when they get between paving.
             
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              Thank you all so much for your help.

              thread closed.
               
            • Clueless 1 v2

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              I bet it isn't. A lengthy discussion with lots of interesting digressions will follow....
               
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              • pete

                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                Like if you hold the flowers under your chin and you get a reflection it means you like butter.:roflol:
                I was told that when I was 5 yrs old.:biggrin:
                 
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                  I’ve failed miserably trying to get rid of this weed along with a host of others. You miss one bit and before you know it the damned weed is all over the place and is not averse to get comfy right in the middle of the likes of a huge Hosta. It is not my all time pet hate however, my top 3 are Spanish Bluebell, creeping thistle and that other joy vetch. It has all sorts of names the one I call it is unprintable:). Oh how I just love those wretched “ elastic “ roots. Despite my best efforts all my “ favourites” flourish here after over 20 years of trying to eradicate them…oh well.
                   
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