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What plant is this?

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  • 19-06-2018 9:48am
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    positron
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    Hopefully an easy question - anyone know what plant this is?

    It's covering a large area outside the RSA entrance (Ballally end of Dundrum shopping center) and it's absolutely buzzing with activity - bumblebees everywhere.

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    Some sort of lavender/sage? It's not "salvia sensation" is it?


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    dathi
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    cat mint


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    jellybear
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    Sorry to hijack your thread OP! Any idea what this might be? It's literally just spreading around the border in my garden. Assuming it's a weed but I've never seen it before.


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    macraignil
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    jellybear wrote: »
    Sorry to hijack your thread OP! Any idea what this might be? It's literally just spreading around the border in my garden. Assuming it's a weed but I've never seen it before.

    It looks like tarragon to me. Is there any smell when the leaves are rubbed together? I found it has spread form one plant I had a couple of years back so now I have a few that die back in winter and resprouts when the weather warms up.


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    jellybear
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    There is a smell but, not a herb type smell. Hard to describe but quite strong.
    It has literally just appeared and spread in one area this year. I'll take a picture of it in the border tomorrow and pop it up.


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    Pudsey64
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    macraignil wrote: »
    It looks like tarragon to me. Is there any smell when the leaves are rubbed together? I found it has spread form one plant I had a couple of years back so now I have a few that die back in winter and resprouts when the weather warms up.

    Rosemary?


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    jellybear
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    Here's a picture of it in the bed if it's of any use!


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    Lumen
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    jellybear wrote: »
    Here's a picture of it in the bed if it's of any use!

    Those flowers looks like pansies to me.


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    jellybear
    Registered Users Posts: 3,231 ✭✭✭jellybear


    Lumen wrote: »
    Those flowers looks like pansies to me.

    Oh sorry, I didn't mention they're beside it. It's in a border with lots of different plants. It has no flowers.


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    Whistlejacket
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    +1 for french tarragon. Does it smell of liquorice/aniseed when you crush the leaves?


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    jellybear
    Registered Users Posts: 3,231 ✭✭✭jellybear


    Well I had a look at it today and it's flowering!!:D

    I think I got it a couple of years ago at the festival in St Anne's and I had moved it from another part of the garden and completely forgotten!!


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