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My son has this plant spreading over the border and he is a bit worried could this be a plant or weed
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff62/GOLFELSIEMAY/GARDEN DATA/SAM_2346.jpg

 

Houttuynia by the looks of it, Nathan.
Whether it is a plant or a weed is whether you want it in your garden or not and like it or not, as they say

I would check it out online and decide for yourself. It is pretty but can be a bit rampant and can be difficult to get rid of once it starts spreading.

Good luck with it.

 

i used to have this is a raised concret block boarder saved it spreading lol

 

Probably where it belongs Kaz

 

I'm sorry, there are not that many plants that I detest but this is one. It creeps in from my next door neighbour's garden occasionally and I suddenly see a stem of it in between my things that I like.
OK, so it isn't that difficult to remove but the odour I find intensley obnoxious and, even as I am typing, I can smell it in my head.
YUK,
Jenny

 

Oh god and the smell of it when crushed

 

I have some which keeps popping up in my front garden - at least now I know what it is. I spray it by Roundup when I see it, but it keeps popping up year after year.

 

I believe I read at the Eden project that bits of it are edible but I don't know which bits.

 

Aesculus now JUST STOP THAT!! I shall have nightmares about the stuff now