Gardening Questions Can anyone identify this plant ?

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Batty
Batty

Can anyone identify this plant ?

Asked on 7 Jun, 2008

This plant has myself and all my 'so called gardener' friends baffled. It turned up three years ago and grows every year, flowering almost continuously throughout the summer. It grows to around two feet high, has very hairy stems and leaves.I have done some research and eliminated viper's bugloss and the entire borage family so far though it does have many similarities to both genus. please help...

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mcmneil
Mcmneil

7 Jun, 2008

 

I reckon it's Green Alkanet-Pentaglottis sempervirens

blodyn
Blodyn

7 Jun, 2008

 

It looks like a type of Veronica

AndrewR
Andrewr

7 Jun, 2008

 

I'm saying alkanet too. It appeared in my garden about three years ago as well

IsItBehindTheFridge
Isitbehindt..

8 Jun, 2008

 

Pretty sure it's Alkanet (Anchusa or Common Bugloss). It's an invasive weed, so I'd get it sprayed with systemic week killer pdq.

cpatel
Cpatel

10 Jun, 2008

 

whatever it is, it is horrible and invasive and regard it as weed and I have managed to get rid of it all

cpatel
Cpatel

10 Jun, 2008

 

I too have had this in my garden. I regarded it as weed as it was very invasive and managed ti get rid of it.

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