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[sunnybird]

hi,have found this plant in my freinds garden thought it was mint but smells nothing like mint,so please can somebody help with to what this is.thankyou

[Jeanied]

Looks like either an elder seedling or a hydrangea to me.
Oh, heck - it could well be ground elder. Forgot about that.

[binley100]

Ground Elder.......

Exterminate, exterminate....

[reetnproper]

I keep pulliing the stuff out of our garden - turn my back for 2 seconds and it's back again. It's like the TRIFFIDS ..... .... or (for those trekkies amongst us) the BORG - resistance is futile .....

[Glutton4...]

Yup - Looks like Ground Elder to me!

Have fun!!!!!!!

[sunnybird]

thaks for your replys this might sound silly but im new to all this but what is elder lol

[Jeanied]

It is just a nasty weed that is really difficult to get rid of because the roots run everywhere! Nothing trivial.

[sunnybird]

thank you very much

[Hazel at the Hill]

The good news is:
- It is in your friend's garden, and not yours
- Like all pernicious weeds if you dig it out and dig it out and dig it out it will become weaken in time. The aim is to keep on top of it and to appreciate the diversity of all mother nature's wonders - a weed is just a plant in the 'wrong' place, after all.

[Two_Sheds]

what is elder

Elder is a lovely shrub that you can make wine & jam from.
Ground elder is a horrible pernicious weed from the carrot family: it's not related to elder at all

[Flummery]

However, as someone who likes a bright side to look upon - it has beautiful umbels of white flowers in summer - I'm letting a bit flower for a friends's wedding flowers.

[womble]

I'm not sure, it actually looks like proper elder to me.

Whatever it is, you want to get rid asap.

[Snadger]

Elder is a lovely shrub that you can make wine & jam from.
Ground elder is a horrible pernicious weed from the carrot family: it's not related to elder at all

.......but the leaves look similar which is probably how it got its name?

[cupcake]

I would say that looks like an elder tree seedling. They grow like stink! I have some at the end of the garden, not particularly attractive but I use the flowers and berries for wine.

[Jeanied]

So the test will be, Sunnybird, is it a patch of lots of these plants - in which case it is ground elder - or is it one plant, which is growing strongly as a single plant - in which case it may be a seedling elder?