Help me identify this in my new house

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  1. mooshu

    mooshu New Member

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    Hello everyone

    Just moved in and don't know what these are in the garden, are these weeds? or flowers?
    Thanks so much for your help!
     

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    stone Active Member

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    Compare with urtica...
    Stinging nettle.
     
  3. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Stinging nettles.

    We sold these in our shop for the first time this year, as some people grow them to eat the young nettle leaves, others for relieving pain, and others to provide an important larval (caterpillar) host plant for some species of butterflies.

    A few organizations even have a Be Nice to Nettles Week, celebrated around now.
     
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    Wow thanks for the fast reply!
    ok so i guess these were grown there on purpose, Butterflies are nice for the summer, so maybe i'll just leave them there. How would one use it as a pain reviler?
     
  5. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Re: pain relief -- follow the link I posted in my original reply.
     

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