Solved What's this? - Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens)

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    Looks like a plain form of Brunnera macrophylla, FC.
     
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      Pretty wee thing, growing in abundance along a roadside - does it self seed?
       
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      FC you don't need that in your garden it'll make a takeover bid! :)
       
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        i've been trying to get rid of this from my garden for 18 months now, I don't think a nuclear war would kill it off! It is pretty but it spreads like wildfire!
         
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          Pentaglottis sempervirens aka Green alkanet.
           
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            There was certainly no shortage of it along the roadside - it was positively thriving.
             
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