Plant or weed?

Michele
by Michele

Is this a plant or weed?

  7 answers
  • Cheryl A Cheryl A on Apr 25, 2020

    this is a weed, I cannot recall the name of it but will try to remember and let you know - the leaves can be sticky when you touch them- it could be a wild blackberry bush you could move it to another area and see what it produces

    • Michele Michele on Apr 25, 2020

      Thank you for your response. The flower is pretty, but I did not plant it so I was guessing it’s a weed.

      Have a great day!

  • Allison Allison on Apr 25, 2020

    That looks to be a thornless blackberry or raspberry. The flowers are certainly going to form a berry of some type. Since it's next to a fence, a neighborhood bird planted it for you. Easily transplanted after the berries ripen, if you want to keep it. Come back and let us know what kind of fruit you get off it.

    • Michele Michele on Apr 25, 2020

      Thank you for your response. I do have a lot of birds in my yard. Maybe I will let it grow and see what happens. Have a great day!

  • Just Karla Just Karla on Apr 25, 2020

    The leaves do look like my thornless blackberry bushes.

  • Mb Mb on Apr 25, 2020

    This is a noxious invasive plant - garlic mustard, Allaria petiolaris. It has toxins in its roots that repel nearby plants, and its leaves are poisonous for a number of moths and butterflies. It is a biennial, so it will grow one year and flower the next. Pull it and don't compost it. The seeds will spread and take over your yard. It has one good quality: the leaves are edible. They taste like the name sounds - garlic and mustard. They're good in salads if oyu pick the leaves before the plants flower. But above all else, GET RID OF IT!

    • Allison Allison on Apr 26, 2020

      The flowers led me to a berry plant of sorts. But you are right, it's garlic mustard. I agree, GET RID OF IT.

  • Craft Invaders Craft Invaders on Apr 26, 2020

    Looks like garlic mustard to me too. If it is it will smell of garlic when you crush the leaves Here in the UK it also goes by the name Jack in the hedge :)

  • Michele Michele on Apr 26, 2020

    Thank you for all of your responses. You have been very helpful. Stay safe and healthy!

  • Agnes Chrzanowska Agnes Chrzanowska on Apr 30, 2020

    weed but pretty :)