Is this a weed?
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GranArt
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Can someone tell me if this is a weed or not? Thank you in advance!
9 answers
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I can't identify it, but if it just appeared and grows very fast, it probably is. It doesn't look like any weeds I've seen before or in my "weed book". If those flowers are part of it, it's a nice looking "weed". If you like it, you might keep it awhile and see what it does. I'd cut it back a little so it will be "bushier" (cut stems just above a set of leaves). Hoping that someone else can ID it for you. I have a beautiful, non-flowering shrub my neighbor called a weed when it appeared. It grows fast for a shrub, but the leaves are a beautiful light greenish yellow and, with my cutting and shearing it back, it has turned into a lovely focal point against the regular garden green.
Cheryl
on Jul 22, 2015
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thank you Cheryl. No the small orange flowering plant is not apart of it. And it did not seem to grow fast at all. That little garden is mostly clay and some potting soil worked in and over the years I've thrown seed out there many times in hopes something would grow well in that 1/2 shaded area. The best I've seen grow there in the past is good old house plants. I shall wait and see. Thanks for the response.
GranArt
on Jul 23, 2015
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It is a weed - this year is the first year I remember seeing it and it first I thought it might be some Salvia, which has similar leaves and grows tall but it is a weed so get it out of there. It should come up very easily.
Carol Claremont
on Jul 23, 2015
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i think its a weed also
Antoinette Cook
on Jul 23, 2015
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It is Called a Smartweed it grows about 42" tall, pull it or spray it
Edsokira
on Jul 23, 2015
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I think they are right, it looks like the 2nd kind on this page: http://www.foragingtexas.com/2006/08/smartweed.html Usually an aquatic plant, seems it can grow if the soil is moist enough - and clay holds water very well. I'd pull it soon before it becomes a thicket. Don't let it flower and set seed!
Cheryl
on Jul 23, 2015
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It's only a weed if you don't want it there!
Kathy Ruth
on Jul 23, 2015
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It can take over, but I like the pink flowers so I leave it, cut off the seeds before they can make new plants and when it gets too invasive, I pull the unwanted plants.
DORLIS
on Jul 23, 2015
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thank you for the info and link.
GranArt
on Jul 23, 2015
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