Please identify this plant

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Can you help please?

The big blue/purple one in the middle.

Possibly 'speedwell' type?

Like these?

Yes probably... thanks. The leaves are sort of furry.

I'm thinking alkanet, or speedwell.

Alkanet?

Alkanet has furry leaves

It’s not alkanet.

It is alkanet, just not a very typical one. Usually the leaves are bigger.
Trust me I’m a horticulturalist!

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Is it a weed then?

I think it can be.... It's one of the ones l whine to DH to leave but he insists will take over the garden!

Is it a weed then?

My mother used to say that any plant is a weed where it is not wanted. "A rose in an onion bed is a weed."

There are parts of our garden where alkanet is very welcome, it's a beautiful plant. Same for speedwell and forget-me-not.

But I think for most "serious" gardeners, it would be a weed.