Name this weed (please) ...

markwombat · 30 Apr 2023 at 20:15

Hi,

Our lawn seems to have been invaded by an unknown weed ... anyone know what this might be?

Thanks in advance

Hotwired · 30 Apr 2023 at 20:57

I see a little spike on the leaf tips and some tendrils.

I reckon vetch.

Richie · 30 Apr 2023 at 22:00

Google Lens also agrees it's vetch

rumple9 · 30 Apr 2023 at 22:56

Sativa

something daft already!! · 30 Apr 2023 at 23:04

I'd name it Colin.

godinman · 30 Apr 2023 at 23:12

Yep, that's vetch. Lawns don't need to look like golf greens...

200sols · 1 May 2023 at 06:49

godinman said:
Yep, that's vetch. Lawns don't need to look like golf greens...

Yes but humans decided one green plant is a weed and another green plant is not.

Freakbro · 1 May 2023 at 07:18

200sols said:
Yes but humans decided one green plant is a weed and another green plant is not.

Seems there's a concerted PR effort to rebrand 'weeds' by the RHS

Gardeners should treat weeds as 'friends' and 'heroes' in garden, experts say

Four of the twelve show gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show next month will also feature plants traditionally seen as a hallmark of a badly tended garden

www.mirror.co.uk

Instead of getting rid of a patch of dandelions and old man’s beard, let weeds be your new prized friends.

This is the advice of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) which has begun a move to rebrand them as “resilient plants”.

So cheer up OP, you're in fashion!

Richie · 1 May 2023 at 08:24

200sols said:
Yes but humans decided one green plant is a weed and another green plant is not.

A weed is a plant in a place you don't want it...

adidan · 1 May 2023 at 08:55

Richie said:
A weed is a plant in a place you don't want it...

Also applicable to hoomans

markwombat · 1 May 2023 at 12:24

Thanks all.

Indeed, one man’s weed is another man’s plant. Was mostly interested to identify it before concluding its fate …

Thanks again

DXP55 · 1 May 2023 at 16:14

Weedol lawn weed killer -Just spray them -cut my lawns today then spray this on weeds.

Blackjack Davy · 6 May 2023 at 04:34

Yep its vetch has quite attractive purple pea like flowers if you let it flower

Yes but humans decided one green plant is a weed and another green plant is not.

A weed is simply the wrong plant in the wrong place anything can be weed if you don't want it there