Is this a weed or did the previous owners plant it?
This has been popping up in clumps around the same patch. I’m not sure if I remember it from last year. It’s only my 2nd year in the house so still getting used to the garden
Might be Ladies Mantle! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemilla_mollis
Planted for ground cover (stops weeds coming up). Leaves look pretty after it’s rained and it also has medicinal properties!
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looks like it might be one of those creeping geraniums with a lovely purple flower – do you remember a flower that [looks like this](https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-hardy-geraniums/)?
Might be Ladies Mantle!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemilla_mollis
Planted for ground cover (stops weeds coming up). Leaves look pretty after it’s rained and it also has medicinal properties!
https://preview.redd.it/hfi25kefmn8f1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e013ba5aa1f442f62c8257b982487f13f5e845f6
Could it be this?
Looks like ladies mantle
All plants are weeds and vice versa. If you like it keep it.
It’s not a weed, but it does spread like covid.
I battle this in my garden. It flowers for a short period only and can take up a lot of space.
And Lady’s Mantle flowers are very useful as fillers in floral arrangements and it quite likes a bit of shade.
Alchemilla. Gorgeous plant, but invasive.