Is this a beautiful weed or a hardy garden ground cover?
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JoAnn Tapia on Apr 14, 2015it sure is prettyHelpful Reply
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Cathy S on Apr 14, 2015have you tried your County's Extension Services? they can help you by phone, or you can email a photo, or bring it or parts of the plant to their help desk.Helpful Reply
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DORLIS on Apr 14, 2015No answer, but it is pretty. You could use it as a ground cover and if it gets carried away with itself, just cut it back. Or maybe put a strip of metal barrier around it if it spreads by runners. Go deep enough to stop it.Helpful Reply
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Carol May on Apr 15, 2015The leaves do not look like a weed.Helpful Reply
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Rosalina Padilla Ward on Apr 15, 2015for some reason i keep thinking this is a house plant...its leaves reminds me of one i have seen in lowes or home depoHelpful Reply
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Shirley Thomas on Apr 15, 2015My deal is that it is blooming and has a pretty leaf, even if it is a weed I would keep it hope it spreads. Love the natural look to the garden.Helpful Reply
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Patti on Apr 15, 2015Looks like clover to me.Helpful Reply
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Leona G on Apr 15, 201580% positive it is a weed. Looks like it is in the chaff-flower family but check with your extension office as the book I am using to identify it is from UFL. Good luckHelpful Reply
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Annie Smith on Apr 15, 2015The definition of a weed is any plant which is growing where you don't want it :) This looks like a cover, so if you like it, keep it growing. Note that some of the "native" ground covers may die back during a change in season, but they will reappear. Do the bees like it? That would be another good reason to keep it.Helpful Reply
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Rita Serrano on Apr 15, 2015I think it is a ground cover not sure if it's name though my guess is its a shade loverHelpful Reply
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Kathleen Weilbacher Hornbecker on Apr 15, 2015Here in FL our weeds bloom flowers. But they are so pretty I decided to keep them! Weeds to some and flowers to others....beauty in the eyes of the beholder. If you like it then let it grow and enjoy!!!Helpful Reply
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Judianni on Apr 15, 2015It is NOT a weed. I purchased that beautiful ground cover years ago when I lived in Alabama. I cannot remember the name; however I found it once in a book of ground covers. I have a very small amount of it still which was transplanted to a pot before I moved. Likes shade and spreads but not aggressively. Enjoy your little treasure!!Helpful Reply
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ShirleyB on Apr 15, 2015It looks a bit like the Wild ginger I had growing in my naturalized part of my garden in NC. The leaves were variegated like that...contact the extension to be sure...Helpful Reply
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Amy on Apr 15, 2015It looks like wild violet! Check out the leaves!Helpful Reply
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Lynette Stone on Apr 15, 2015It looks like the Noxious weed known as Bridal Veil in Australia.Helpful Reply
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Heather on Apr 15, 2015It looks like a variety of geranium.Helpful Reply
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DORLIS on Apr 16, 2015Think I found it! go to Plant Delights Nursey on line. Look up Pachysandra procumbens and see what you think.Helpful Reply
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Judianni on Apr 16, 2015Hi again Sherri, I nearly drove myself nuts trying to remember the name of your plant. Finally found it in an old gardening notebook (sometimes it's good to be a packrat). It is Polygonum capitatum 'Pink Buttons' (Pink Buttons Smartweed). One of my all-time favorite lucky impulsive purchases!!Helpful Reply
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DORLIS on Apr 16, 2015Thanks for the ID. I have been on several sites looking for it.Helpful Reply
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DORLIS on Apr 16, 2015Might plant it on the bluff to compete with the japanese honeysuckle bush that is taking over MissouriHelpful Reply
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