andypugh2000

Hi all, can anyone tell me what kind of weeds these things are as they have invaded my garden and new lawn like a plague, they are hairy and about 12-18 inches tall with tiny blue flowers, I have tried to dig them out but they have roots as long as a chav's credit card statement

thanks






I have done a google and found nothing but a name may help, im sure there is a keen gardener that will know

andy

ProperCharlie

i've got those, too.

i quite like them.

NeilT

Andy - for the lawn there is no better treatment than "Green Thumb"!

I'd tried almost everything in B&Q on the lawn an given up

Green Thumb costs about £15 a go and a bloke from the local franchise comes over and drops some magic berries on your lawn, and hey presto, a few weeks later no weeds just thick, beautiful acres (well metres) of luscious green grass

Our lawn used to be 99% weeds and 1% grass, now its 100% grass

Nowt to do with Green Thumb, just a very happy customer.

I dont have the link for their website, but I'm sure someone will post it up.

Neil

andypugh2000

Thanks neil, also need to rid them of my side alleyway, borders and round the shed area, they look nice but are out of control, dont really want to use sodium chlorate etc as i have animals

a name for bloody things would be nice

Iwan

Looks like deadly nightshade to me, but i'm not an expert.

Here's a link with a pic...

http://www.scienceu.com/library/arti...e_flowers.html

unclebuck

Weedol will take 'em out. And it's pet safe too.

UB

unclebuck

nightshade looks different to me. But pretty damn close.

UB

andypugh2000

It's not deadly nightshade

ProperCharlie

nah - iwan's pic shows woody nightshade - it's not that or deadly nightshade. i had a feeling it might be called campion but i could be mixing it up with something else.

Iwan

Ah, just noticed that nightshade has smooth stems not hairy. Told you i wasn't a botanist!

ajm

I had that stuff at my last house, and I know what you mean about the roots. They seem to have one thick main root/stem that snaps off when you try and pull it out. Not sure what it is called, but it yields to a good dose of paraquat. Make sure you cover all the leaves because it seems to be a fairly hardy little bugger.

andypugh2000

It looks like im going to have to get medieval on it, I showed the pictures to a couple of botanists and they have seen it before but didnt have a scooby doo what it was called either

ChrisB

http://www.greenthumb.co.uk/index.asp is the web site.

My folks had their lawns done about three or four weeks ago and the magic stuff they stick on has already made quite an impact on the weeds.

I've just signed up - for me it's £13 per visit, four visits per year.

If you have a local franchisee, they'll do you a no-obligation survey and report. The bloke who does round here seems to know his stuff.

Faire D'Income

I]A weed is just a flower in the wrong place.[/I]

It looks like a cross between a "forget me not" and bindweed, in which case I'd suggest removing it by hand ensuring that you also get the roots as well otherwise it will be back before you know it.

andypugh2000

Found out what it is at last, green alkanet