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By Daylily

West Midlands, England

Could anyone I'D this please it's a seedling appeared in friends garden they have quite a few. We think it's wild orchid but the leaves don't seem to match with that. Many thanks




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Red Dead Nettle or Lamium purpureum at a guess.

1 Jul, 2017

 

I think it's a wild flower called Stachys sylvatica ... Hedge Woundwort

1 Jul, 2017

 

Thanks both, I've Googled what you said that's it Hywel thanks.

1 Jul, 2017

 

If you can, leave some for the bees, they love this type of snapdrogon flower, they are pretty and our wild flowers need all the help they can get!

1 Jul, 2017

 

If you do leave it be aware that it runs and spreads. It took me several years to get it all out of the veg plot.

1 Jul, 2017

 

Stachys sylvatica is extremely stinky and spreads widely by stolons (runners). It's very common in the wild, get rid of it in your garden!

1 Jul, 2017

 

Thankyou all its in a friends garden, I will pass on the info

1 Jul, 2017

 

On the plus side I did once use a leaf on a wound to see what happened and it healed quickly...

1 Jul, 2017

 

Or if you do like it grow in a pot to stop it spreading? Like you do for mint

1 Jul, 2017

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