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Green fingered types.....what's this?

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PaulineFowlersGrowler · 28/06/2016 09:55

Oh wise plant people........I bought a mixed hanging basket and this plant has completely taken over. Any ideas what it is? It has lots of tiny buds but no flowers yet. Thanks!

Green fingered types.....what's this?
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ppeatfruit · 28/06/2016 13:09

Sorry it's really difficult to see properly, could you post a nearer pic.? It LOOKs to me like a weed that's taking over.

PaulineFowlersGrowler · 28/06/2016 13:23

Any better ppeatfruit? It's difficult to photograph because it's wild and straggly

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ppeatfruit · 28/06/2016 14:37

Yes thanks Grin It could be a clematis of some sort ,it certainly wants to climb somewhere!! IIWY I'd remove it quickly and bin it ( or compost after drying out properly). Because I've got one similar that WILL NOT stop spreading round my garden.!!! I left it for a year after we moved here to see what it did and I wish I hadn't!!

ppeatfruit · 28/06/2016 14:38

Don't let it flower whatever you do !!!!

Gatekeeper · 29/06/2016 08:05

I am peering shortsightedly at the photo...looks possibly like chickweed

PaulineFowlersGrowler · 29/06/2016 12:12

ding ding ding we have winner! Thanks gatekeeper. Grin

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ppeatfruit · 29/06/2016 12:22

Is it? It doesn't have flowers like that though I don't think, it does have leaves like it.

PaulineFowlersGrowler · 29/06/2016 13:06

Haha ppeatfruit, I googled it and it looks like the closest thing I've found so far. Is it a weed? I still haven't dug it out yet, I feel guilty, it's so bloody tenacious

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ppeatfruit · 29/06/2016 13:30

Yes it's a weed, it will spread if you let it! Though I do wonder what a chickweed is doing in a shop bought hanging basket, either way I'd dig it out!

ppeatfruit · 01/07/2016 10:00

Chickweed has little daisy like flowers and it doesn't climb. It does resemble comfrey slightly.

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