Weed ID please

CarapaceGrace · 18-06-2013, 05:56 PM

Any ideas on this one? I think it looks like a really big nipplewort but not seen them get this big! Its as tall as me!

This is a smaller version growing nearby:

And this has been growing in my garden a while, think a cat sat on it and flattened it :S

Thanks in advance!

Lottey · 18-06-2013, 07:46 PM

I agree, the first plant is Nipplewort. If I put too much of this in the mix the big leaves do not always get eaten. The second looks like Creeping Jenny, does it have yellow flowers?
http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/s....asp?catID=503

Ozric Jonathan · 18-06-2013, 11:03 PM

I agree with Lottey about both plants. I also noticed that there is some violet growing by the base of the pot that the CJ is in. The heart-shaped leaves.

yuna1971 · 19-06-2013, 04:17 PM

Is violet edible...am I wrong in thinking I read that it is?
Nipplewort defo edible, Grace. A good one there.
Not sure about the Jenny creeper...

PS Nice to see you back, Grace xx

CarapaceGrace · 19-06-2013, 05:27 PM

Its good to be back! Moved house so have a whole new garden to sort out

Dorothy absolutely loves the little violets, eaten them all on the patio already greedy boy.

Just feeding them the tall nipplewort now (what a good name!) and may give them a small amount of the creeping jenny later. Dorothy looks like he likes the nipplewort, but then again he will eat anything, including my origami and newspapers! Naughty tortoise!

Ozric Jonathan · 19-06-2013, 11:47 PM

yes the violets are edible too

18-06-2013, 05:56 PM	#1
CarapaceGrace Member Incubating Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Gosport, Hampshire Posts: 139	Weed ID please Any ideas on this one? I think it looks like a really big nipplewort but not seen them get this big! Its as tall as me! This is a smaller version growing nearby: And this has been growing in my garden a while, think a cat sat on it and flattened it :S Thanks in advance! __________________

18-06-2013, 11:03 PM	#3
Ozric Jonathan Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West of Scotland Posts: 4,226	I agree with Lottey about both plants. I also noticed that there is some violet growing by the base of the pot that the CJ is in. The heart-shaped leaves. __________________ Testudo Hermanni Hermanni (Corse) tortoises

19-06-2013, 04:17 PM	#4
yuna1971 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bristol Posts: 7,157	Is violet edible...am I wrong in thinking I read that it is? Nipplewort defo edible, Grace. A good one there. Not sure about the Jenny creeper... PS Nice to see you back, Grace xx __________________ Rach Lily's Movie. http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=68025

19-06-2013, 05:27 PM	#5
CarapaceGrace Member Incubating Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Gosport, Hampshire Posts: 139	Its good to be back! Moved house so have a whole new garden to sort out Dorothy absolutely loves the little violets, eaten them all on the patio already greedy boy. Just feeding them the tall nipplewort now (what a good name!) and may give them a small amount of the creeping jenny later. Dorothy looks like he likes the nipplewort, but then again he will eat anything, including my origami and newspapers! Naughty tortoise! __________________

19-06-2013, 11:47 PM	#6
Ozric Jonathan Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West of Scotland Posts: 4,226	yes the violets are edible too __________________ Testudo Hermanni Hermanni (Corse) tortoises

18-06-2013, 07:46 PM	#2
Lottey Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Surrey Posts: 156	I agree, the first plant is Nipplewort. If I put too much of this in the mix the big leaves do not always get eaten. The second looks like Creeping Jenny, does it have yellow flowers? http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/s....asp?catID=503

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