Is this a weed?

[Best1sWest]

Can anyone identify this for me? I want to weed that border tomorrow and don't want to dig it up if it's not a weed.

It looks like bramble to me - does it have a prickly stem? If so I would say it is a young bramble shoot coming up.

If it hasn't got prickly stems it could be wood avens:

www.dalswildlifesite.com/thewoodaven.htm

It's a common weed/wildflower also called Herb Bennet. It self-seeds freely, and as the flowers are nothing to write home about it's worth grubbing it out promptly.

It has a green stem, no prickles. My first thought was bramble too. It does look a lot like Herb Bennett, thanks Bearleigh. No sign of my wild poppies that I!d been hoping for. at least it's a lovely day for weeding.

Ok, all weeded out. Took me 2 hours.

Any ideas whAt I can put in there instead. It is a shady, damp spot underneath an Apple tree and some clematis. I have already got host as in there and loads if spring bulbs.

We have masses of autumn flowering cyclamen - corms can be bit pricey at first, but once you get flowers and the seed capsules ripen, the sticky seeds can be scattered anywhere and we have thousands now. www.rhs.org.uk/Advice/profile?PID=589

Pulmonaria are easy and versatile, mostly pinky/blue but you can get white, and dark blue (Blue Ensign). Also hellebores are good for damp shade; again, a range of colours, and can be divided in subsequent years; we like the dusky purple/black ones.

www.plantsforshade.co.uk/acatalog/Pulmonaria.html

www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=113

Best it will probabaly turn into dry shade in the summer (under my apple trees does anyway). So make sure you plant with extra green stuff, and water well till plants are established. What grows well under my trees in addition to what is already noted is:

Lavatera Barnsley
Malva Moschata alba
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Shasta daisy
A tall aster with pale pink flowers
Sweet Williams
Alstromeira
Honesty
Purple potato vine
Deutzia
Camellia
Paeony