A bumper year for white deadnettle
The leaves resemble stinging nettle leaves
but they DO NOT STING
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Interesting. I'm more used to the blue dead nettles or am I completely wrong. They sort of look like violets. Also I saw the post about the wild pear tree. I always thought that this and others at Oldbury were Perry pear trees which were around this area according to BBC countryfile magazine.
ReplyDeleteI got the pear tree from Mount Pleasant Trees in Rockhampton.
ReplyDeleteThe 'blue deadnettle you mention could br ground ivy; there will be a post about it on the blog quite soon