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[ladymary86]

DP and I are having a disagreement about this thing growing in our front garden.
One of us says it's a weed, the other doesn't thing so.
Thoughts??

Looks like blackberry to me

Well, the definition of weed is simply a plant growi g in a place you don't want it to...

I am absolutely no expert!

I.would say no. Is it not a kind of bramble?

I’d guess at a weed, but the Picture This app is good for plant recognition.

Looks like a bramble to me too; so it can be a plant if you want to keep it, a weed if you don't...

A weed is just something that you don't want I believe I'd call that a weed though but I don't know what type of plant it is.

Bramble

Great if that's the case I think we are both kind of right though 🤣
If it's a bramble DP will want to keep it but I think it looks horrendous 🤣

Thanks

Bramble. It'll take over your garden if it's anything like the ones in our back garden. I pull them out so they're a weed to me!

Bramble... whether they're a weed depends on whether you like to make crumble

That's a bramble. They are very invasive, so if you don't want it there pull it out.

Bramble... whether they're a weed depends on whether you like to make crumble grin

Hear, hear

Looks like black berries. Technically a weed I guess, but you’ll have blackberries, which are nice.

Lods of weeds are actually edible and useful. Like dandelions. You can use flowers to make a syrup and leaves into a salad. Clover is edible too. And then brambles who are just the top in tastiness😁

I always thought a weed was an evasive plant that sapped the nutrients from the soil making it harder for other plants to live.

Im clearly wrong. Ya learn something new every day. Therefore its a weed if you dont want it and a normal bramble plant if ya do.

You could put a bit of nice border around it and keep it within it. If you give it some nice support it could look ok

Wild raspberry I think?

Actually don't think raspberry that chunky. Probably bramble

Yep, bramble. We've got them growing in a few places in the back garden. You do need to keep on top of them and keep cutting back the runners so they don't take over the place, but it's worth keeping (and letting it grow a lot bigger than it is now).

We had a blackberry and apple crumble tonight. One of the ones I made and froze last year with blackberries and apples from the garden. Delicious.

Agree it's a bramble. When you dig it up make sure you get all of it

Download the Google Lens app and scan it.

I've been using it on our walks to identify plants and insects its great.

Surely it's a 'crumble plant' ?!

I would say a young bramble.