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mark smyth

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weed invasion
« on: June 05, 2015, 03:35:05 PM »
100s if not 1000s of this weed are taking over the gravel and beds in the front garden. What is it? Minute blue flowers
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Re: weed invasion
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2015, 04:04:40 PM »
A Speedwell of some sort? Veronica arvensis ?
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Re: weed invasion
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2015, 05:25:51 PM »
Googling it I'd say you are correct. Its an annual so if I can get rid of it now ...
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Re: weed invasion
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2015, 11:16:19 AM »
You have a much nicer type of weed than me.

My worst is a plant that resembles a small ground elder but has a tap root.  Terrible thing - no flowers!
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Re: weed invasion
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2015, 08:27:21 AM »
Veronica arvensis is very bad here this year.  I've been weeding all day today and in some places the seedlings are coming up so thick it's a continuous carpet on the soil. Take care to eradicate it Mark. It can become quite a pest.
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Re: weed invasion
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2015, 12:30:30 PM »
Leaves are not quite right.
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Re: weed invasion
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2015, 12:56:57 PM »
Lower foliage of Veronica arvensis is different from the upper leaves,
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Re: weed invasion
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2015, 04:09:52 PM »
I'll take a photo now
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Re: weed invasion
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2015, 12:09:46 PM »
Not only is a pest Mark, it has the capacity to flower and seed when VERY tiny - in the shade of other plants and almost impossible to find. Until, that is, when you want to take its' photo!!!!!!!!!!!
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