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Another mystery plant ID please...

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sadpapercourtesan · 16/04/2021 17:55

DH thinks this is garlic mustard, I'm not sure...anyone seen it before? It's under our apple tree, very healthy and lush, but just a bushy heap of foliage rather than tall stems.

Hopefully the picture will attach this time!

Another mystery plant ID please...
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Twenty2 · 16/04/2021 18:02

Yep, garlic mustard! I find it pulls out easily when it's young.

sadpapercourtesan · 16/04/2021 18:19

Oh yippee, thank you! I have no idea how it got there Grin

It's in the wildflower bit of the garden so we'll probably leave it in!

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BigWoollyJumpers · 16/04/2021 18:24

It is indeed Garlic Mustard. I have been digging up the buggers all day. Just as an aside, they do once you have one, they get everywhere!

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 16/04/2021 18:25

It’s edible, if you fancy it.

Twenty2 · 16/04/2021 18:38

It's the food plant of orange-tip butterfly caterpillars, so you might get lucky and get some of those Smile

MereDintofPandiculation · 17/04/2021 09:53

The eggs are laid singly on the underside of the flowers, bright orange

ErrolTheDragon · 17/04/2021 21:33

@Twenty2

It's the food plant of orange-tip butterfly caterpillars, so you might get lucky and get some of those Smile
I didn't realise that... I've been weeding out the garlic mustard, but will leave a bit somewhere unobtrusive, I had an orange tip in my garden today.
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