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  1. tweaky

    tweaky Gardener

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    Its taking over my mates little border in his back yard....he's lived there since 2003 and says he has never seen it before? Looks like some kind of ground cover to me...but:confused:

    http://www.leenukes.co.uk/images/plant_attack2.jpg

    Thanks in advance.:thumb:
     
  2. Marley Farley

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    :thumb: Funny you should post that pic Tweaks, as I have a clump of the same stuff growing out of my rockery wall this year & no, I have never seen it before either...!!:eek::D I shall really have to have an ask around the village now I think..!!:rolleyes: Doesn't half grow at the rate of knots too...!!!!!:(
     
  3. Ivory

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    That's Parietaria diffusa, very very common in Italy.
     
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    Very common weed on the isle of wight grows mostly in the cracks in damp walls hence the common name Pellitory-of-the-Wall:thumb:
     
  6. tweaky

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    Brilliant....thanks chaps:thumb:
     
  7. forget-me-not

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    I have that too! I think....

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    I think its pretty, I'd much rather have that growing inbetween the slabs than grass and stingers :)
     
  8. tweaky

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    Well if you can eat it and clean your windows with it....I'll get some mesel.:thumb:
     
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    Nope think you got something different there forget-me-not, but dont ask me what LOL:D
     
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