And another one...

[spandit]

My wife doesn't like this one but it provides good ground cover

I found this too... any ideas (the one next to the silverweed)?

Nice to see how diverse the plant life is, must be a good thing even if the use isn't immediately apparent

 

[Muddypaws]

Second one is Lady's Mantle (alchemilla​&#8203. There are lots of different subspecies though, so can be quite difficult to ID exactly.
It does have a tendency to take over somewhat.

 

[david1]

weeds are only plants you dont want...

 

[spandit]

weeds are only plants you dont want...

True, or plants in the wrong place. I just don't want to lose huge swathes of pasture to bracken/bramble.

 

[Toddy]

Lady's Mantle is a lovely plant.....until it kind of goes nuclear and spreads itself around It's a herb, and has many uses though. The water in the centre of the leaves is rather special; it's called guttation and it's one of those waters used for esoteric matters.

M

 

[spandit]

Not convinced it's guttation, more likely to be the lotus effect (i.e. captured dew/rain)

What is the water used for? Hippie sh*t?

 

[Toddy]

Unless it's raining, then it's usually guttation with Lady's Mantle.

http://www.ricola.com/en-ch/World-of-herbs/Ricola-herbology/The-magic-13-herbs/Lady-s-mantle

M

 

[spandit]

Any idea what the first one is?

 

[Muddypaws]

Did you have violets growing there earlier in the year?
After they have finished flowering they tend to put on a lot of large leafy growth. Several violet patches that I passed on my afternoon dog walk look like the patch shown in your first picture.

 

[Toddy]

Not a clue; looks a bit like elephant's lugs though, but not enough, iimmc.

Found a neat site for weeds
http://www.gardenwithoutdoors.org.uk/?q=weed_guide

M

 

[spandit]

There's loads of it up the road too, I wonder what it can be? Looks a bit like a lily leaf

 

[spandit]

Could it be coltsfoot?

 

[Toddy]

Don't think so; coltsfoot puts up flowers before leaves, and the leaves are downy white underneath (dried it makes good tinder as well as the basis for most herbal tobaccos). The leaves of the coltsfoot in my garden are ....do you mind those old kind of shell shaped fruit spoons ? the ones with the almost flat edges to the curves ? they're a bit like that.

http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/C/Coltsfoot/Coltsfoot.htm

cheers,
M

 

[slowworm]

Could it be coltsfoot?

Looks more like winter heliotrope to me, the leaves are rounder than coltsfoot.

 

[spandit]

Looks more like winter heliotrope to me, the leaves are rounder than coltsfoot.

Sounds good to me, thanks!

 

[Toddy]

http://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_pages/petasites_fragrans_winter_heliotrope.htm

I don't think I've ever seen it.

Learned something new Thanks slowworm

M