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davieberg

Keen gardener in Sheffield. Organic with the assistance of chickens to limit slugs and snails. Got a new pond!

Prunella vulgaris

  • Season Icon Early SummerEarly Summer 2016
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davieberg

Help me identify this plant. I have been tending it and am relieved to see flowers ( not a weed!)

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tiggrx

It's Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) a common wild flower

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davieberg

@tiggrx Is that a polite way of saying 'weed'?!!

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tiggrx

Whether it's a weed or not is up to you. If you like it keep it! Personally I let it grow in the lawn but weed it out of flowerbeds.

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davieberg

Well I've just realised why it was familiar. It infested our inherited old lawn before we levelled, drained and returfed @tiggrx

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