Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Gardening

Find tips and tricks to make your garden or allotment flourish on our Gardening forum.

Weed or no weed?!

7 replies

fluffytail · 25/06/2017 10:41

Please could someone identify this plant for me? And ideally tell me if it is something I want in my garden. My opinion can't be trusted after the great willowherb disaster of 2016.

Weed or no weed?!
OP posts:
NanTheWiser · 25/06/2017 11:21

Lysimachia ciliata "Firecracker" I think - www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/60229/Lysimachia-ciliata-Firecracker/Details I have it, it can grow into quite large clumps growing to about 2 foot tall.

YellowLawn · 25/06/2017 11:22

if you like it where it is it's not a weed Wink

fluffytail · 25/06/2017 11:31

Thank you so much,

OP posts:
fluffytail · 25/06/2017 11:33

Oops too soon!

Thank you so much, that's it! It seems to have migrated across the garden as well!

Yes, indeed, that was my justification for the willowherb. Until the wispy seeds started appearing!!!

OP posts:
timtam23 · 25/06/2017 17:26

Lysimachia is lovely but it does spread if left unchecked. I got my clump from a lady who was trying to wrest control of her garden back from the Lysimachia.

fluffytail · 25/06/2017 19:12

At the moment lady's mantle is my nemesis. The

OP posts:
fluffytail · 25/06/2017 19:14

...lysimachia is starting to look like it'll need fighting back after this year.

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.