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By Kate123

East Yorkshire , United Kingdom Gb

Hello, just wondering if anyone can advise? Is this a weed or a plant growing on my cobbled front, next to the drive?
Do I leave it or pull it out?
Thanks.



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It's a weed, can't remember the name but it's a prolific spreader that will absolutely love that pebbled surface

15 May, 2019

 

Thanks Darren, I guess I will pull it out!

15 May, 2019

 

its one of the native geraniums Herb Robert,so yes pull it out. I hate the smell of the foliage.

15 May, 2019

 

Thanks Seaburngirl. I definitely will now!

15 May, 2019

 

Glad you named it Seaburn - I’d got as far as “something Robert”! I leave it in my garden as I like the colour 🙂

15 May, 2019

 

I have it in my garden and just pull it up when it is interfering with something else. Native wild geranium, pretty and good for early bees.Easy enough to pull up, unlike dandelions or bindweed!

15 May, 2019

 

Thanks Sheila and Pennyfarthing, I guess it has its uses too!

15 May, 2019

 

They grow all over my garden. I think they're pretty so I always leave some in odd corners.

15 May, 2019

 

Yes Hywel, the flowers are quite pretty. I’ll maybe just keep an eye on it and make sure it doesn’t go crazy.

16 May, 2019

 

I think they are pretty, a native plant and they need all the help they can get. Here in the East of the country our verges have been poisoned into submission with only the awful Rape self-seeded and Cow Parsley to pass as wild flowers!

16 May, 2019

 

I also leave them unless they are crowding something else. They fill spaces and are a lovely native species. Foliage is pretty too. Easy to pull up as said above unlike some other native plants that I left to grow.

17 May, 2019

 

Thanks Merlinbabydog. I like geraniums in general, I guess I'll leave them be for the time being.

18 May, 2019

 

My neighbour used to call it Herb Alpert! It is pretty but it stinks like foxes and is a thug.

18 May, 2019

 

Lol, I remembered it by calling it Rob Herbert

18 May, 2019

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