Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Diogenes Apr 2020 9:35pm, 21 Apr 2020 47,704 posts	0 Diogenes I think my blue flowered weed is Speedwell
Fragile Do Not Bend Apr 2020 9:39pm, 21 Apr 2020 5,764 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend The blue flowers are forget me nots.
Fragile Do Not Bend Apr 2020 9:41pm, 21 Apr 2020 5,765 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Speedwell have only 4 petals:
Cerrertonia Apr 2020 9:42pm, 21 Apr 2020 12,283 posts	0 Cerrertonia Definitely forget-me-nots.
Diogenes Apr 2020 9:45pm, 21 Apr 2020 47,705 posts	0 Diogenes Thanks. Is it normal for them to spread so much? What about the green ground cover?
Fragile Do Not Bend Apr 2020 9:48pm, 21 Apr 2020 5,766 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Yes, they self seed pretty readily. I love them, they can stay in my garden! Not sure about the other ones.
Cerrertonia Apr 2020 9:49pm, 21 Apr 2020 12,285 posts	0 Cerrertonia They self-seed fairly freely over the next few weeks, so if you don't pull them up around now, they will spread pretty quickly. I couldn't identify the weed in the second photo, doesn't look like ground elder though.
jacdaw Apr 2020 9:54pm, 21 Apr 2020 2,996 posts	0 jacdaw Def forget me not. Can't see any ground elder. I'm sure I recognise the other plant, and I think it is a cultivated plant not a native "weed". Goes away to think...
Fragile Do Not Bend Apr 2020 9:58pm, 21 Apr 2020 5,767 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Could be some sort of Aster.
Columba Apr 2020 10:00pm, 21 Apr 2020 19,642 posts	0 Columba I don't think it's ground elder, the leaves look too narrow. Some kind of willow-herb? There are forget-me-nots all over the place in my garden; they seed themselves everywhere. But they're ever so pretty in flower.