Whats this please

[binley100]

Does anyone know what this is please.........

[veggiechicken]

Looks like a Hawkweed to me?

[CaroltheCarrot]

Its,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a plant, sorry I am boring myself now,am going to bed

[Peas'n'Kews]

Looks a little bit cornflower-ish?

[Glutton4...]

I'm with Carol!

*ducks

[Glutton4...]

Actually, Bins, I think you need to wait until it flowers. At least, then, we'll have a fighting chance!

[eirish]

It's bl@@dy orange hawkweed, aka fox and cubs, aka pilosella aurantiaca. Apparently some people like it - clearly they haven't had to pull huge mats of it out of an entire garden! It spreads by runners/rhizomes, a bit like strawberries, but much more eeeeeevil. Shallow rooted, but forms solid mats of very fine roots that seem to choke out anything else. Except ground elder, of course.

There's an old concrete cold frame base in my garden that had been completely taken over by weeds. Between the hawkweed and the ground elder I had solid mats six inches deep, all firmly anchored down by dandelion and Welsh poppy roots. Absolutely ghastly.

[veggiechicken]

That's the one eirish. I have it in amongst the three cornered leek, pink campion and perennial cornflowers under the trees. I do like it but don't have to worry about its takeover bids!
I wonder whether Welsh Poppies would grow in there as well?

[eirish]

Interesting - I had three-cornered leek and red campion in the garden as well! So I'd guess that Welsh poppies would be quite happy under your trees. Other things that are doing well in the same conditions are aquilegias, forget-me-nots, wild strawberries and the eternal lemon balm. There's a big patch of red campion and forget-me-nots on a bank by the drive and the combination is stunning.

[veggiechicken]

That is interesting eirish - we must have the same soil! I also have wild strawberries, primroses, forget-me-nots and cranesbills, that are spreading. I like the mixed up effect and its very low maintenance - just as well as its on a steep slope.

[VirginVegGrower]

It's bl@@dy orange hawkweed, aka fox and cubs, aka pilosella aurantiaca. Apparently some people like it - clearly they haven't had to pull huge mats of it out of an entire garden! It spreads by runners/rhizomes, a bit like strawberries, but much more eeeeeevil. Shallow rooted, but forms solid mats of very fine roots that seem to choke out anything else. Except ground elder, of course.

There's an old concrete cold frame base in my garden that had been completely taken over by weeds. Between the hawkweed and the ground elder I had solid mats six inches deep, all firmly anchored down by dandelion and Welsh poppy roots. Absolutely ghastly.

Agree, orange hawkweed. I end up pulling it out each year.

[eirish]

Interesting indeed! Loads of primroses here as well - there's a whole bank of 'em next to the house that's been blooming since we moved in, in mid February. Spectacular. Do you have spotted orchids? There's a few coming through behind the house and I've been told there are lots more on the primrose bank.

[chris]

That's the one eirish. I have it in amongst the three cornered leek, pink campion and perennial cornflowers under the trees. I do like it but don't have to worry about its takeover bids!
I wonder whether Welsh Poppies would grow in there as well?

Want any of the seeds?

[Two_Sheds]

Agree, orange hawkweed. I end up pulling it out each year.

I was gifted some for the school garden. After goggling it, I only planted the one and composted the other 23 seedlings

[veggiechicken]

Want any of the seeds?

You can never have too many Welsh Poppies! Actually, I don't have any
Why is it that flowers that grow like weeds in other gardens never do that for me?