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    Hi everyone, please can you help me identify this plant/weed and advise how to manage it. It seems to be a ground covering plant but it is pretty invasive! All advice greatly received thank you
     
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      Good afternoon @Poppy21 my friend I have enlarged your images as best I can and I am sure one of our friends will be along shortly:smile:

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      Good morning @Poppy21 my apologies I shall look for you myself and bump this post up as well;):smile:
       
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      Sometimes its difficult, as the shape of the leaves can look the same on different species, and it only forms its most known shape when full size, from your pictures, its also harder because we can not be sure if the colours are true to life, so here is what I think it may be.....
      Because of leaf shape, the yellow hue to the green in the 1st picture, along with its growing habit, and in the second picture, it seems as if it was a hit tough to pull out as there is no root, my guess would be creeping buttercup.but it also resembles a Tanacetum, feverfew. Below is a website that can help
      garden withoutdoors | There is nothing half so much worth doing as messing about with bulbs. Indoors or outdoors it doesn't matter.
       
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        Thank you I thought it was feverfew, is that a weed? Should I pull it all out? If it’s creeping buttercups should I take that out too? Thank you
         
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        As most will tell you, a weed is a plant in the wrong place,musually a native species, if creeping buttercup, I personally would remove it, feverfew does have a herb classification, and if it is feverfew, personally I would reduce it on an annual basis.
         
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          Weed, or plant, if you dont like it get rid.;):smile:
           
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            Thank you so much everyone I think I’m going to take it out - lockdown being the perfect opportunity
             
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              Feverfew can look quite nice in a garden and is easy to keep under control if it starts to spread. If your one is feverfew it appears to be the golden leafed variety that doesn't grow as tall or as rampant as the green leafed variety. The flowers are slightly different as well with the golden leafed version having white flowers with a more golden centre. The golden version grows about 30" high whereas the green version can grow a foot higher.

              The leaves were traditionally used as an infusions to cure fevers and headaches. It can be a little bitter in taste. Some people used to actually chew the leaves :rolleyespink:
               
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                :bigthumb:Thanks shiney
                 
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                Hi it seems that this plant is a common (grey) field speedwell as it has developed small blue and white flowers. Should I let it flower and then remove it?
                 

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                I would remove it before the flowers die off and seed is produced.
                 
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