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my lawn has been taken over!

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humptydumpty Thu 09-Apr-20 14:24:44

Thanks all. Yes, I think it is a hardy geranium, and it seems intent on colonising every space going in my garden! Personally I rather like it - my lawn looked like a bit of a wildflower meadow last summer. I think mainly I feel gulty because all the other houses in my 'row' have grass lawns! - though that may not be true once all this is over...

mary51 Thu 09-Apr-20 14:12:30

Could be a hardy geranium. There is one very small one with pink flowers. It acts like ground cover if you let it and will quickly spread. Or there is a slightly bigger purple flowered one. If you want to get rid of it there will be lots of rhizomes to pull up. But it is pretty as it is. (Unless it is something else altogether)!

Grannytomany Thu 09-Apr-20 12:16:06

Yes, I'm pretty sure it's one of the hardy geraniums.

Auntieflo Thu 09-Apr-20 11:32:23

It looks a bit like one of those geranium type plants.

notanan2 Thu 09-Apr-20 11:22:17

It looks nice and will probably need less watering than grass in the hot weather.

"wild lawns" are very in now.

humptydumpty Thu 09-Apr-20 10:53:39

It's almost impossible to see grass in my lawn now as it has been taken over by swathes of the plant in the picture. Does anyone know what this is, or the best way to get rid of it so that I can re-seed with grass? Thanks all!