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This purple flower/weed has seeded itself all around my allotment. It's about 3 or 4 foot high, the leaves are shaped a bit like lavender leaves, and the flowers are like miniature buddleia. It's rather pretty and the bees like it too, so I'll leave it, but does anyone know what it is?
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The photo isn't very clear but is it Purple Toadflax - Linaria Purpurea Toadflax (Purple) -
Yes, that's it veggiechicken, thanks very much. I googled and found it's native to Italy - right enough, it does look very mediteranean and seems to be enjoying our heatwave at the moment.Comment
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I have a lot of it in my garden. Its very pretty but it spreads easily too. If you don't want it growing everywhere, pull it out before the flowers set seed
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Ah, so that's what it is. Thanks VC.
We have some growing in the school garden (very thin, poor, stony soil). It's in the purple & yellow bed by chance, so it can stayAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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It grows here in the stone chippngs on the path and between cracks in paving.... in fact anywhere!! Its a survivor
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It it likely to damage anything VC, or is it just the "competition" aspect that makes it a weed?
I think it is pretty and would actually plant something that looked like thatQuanti canicula ille in fenestra ?Comment
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I don't think of it as a weed but sometimes its a flower in the wrong place! It is very pretty in a miniature snapdragon sort of way. It also comes in 50 shades of purple, through mauve to pink. Its good in a wildflower garden
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