I have this growing in different parts of my garden. Is it a weed?

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Weed or plant? It has little blue flowers in mid simmer but way too much foliage. Should I pull it out?

Robin Miller Cresci · Answer

Is the blue flower part of the plant?

Deezie · Answer

I have the same thing in my yard and was wondering if it was a weed. The blue flower is part of the plant. It really spreads also*

Lar1565931 · Answer

The top picture looks like 'wondering Jew' a plant very common in my are when I was young. It grows like an ivy, and people would use it for hanging plants quite frequently. It was and is beautiful but grows very fast.

Mall · Answer

Even weeds can come with beautiful flowers, I usually leave then till they are flowered out and then get them out, that way I get pleasure from them as well

Anne stickn354ey · Answer

weed is a matter of opinion- it does grow wild, and it can take over a lot of territory. Somewhat like a wandering Jew plant. The blue flowers are a pretty color, tho.

Connie Hoge · Answer

Commelina communis, commonly known as the Asiatic dayflower

Paula Swasko · Answer

It's like a wild version of 'creeping jew' a common house plant. I do let it roam a bit in my garden as it is pretty. I've even transplanted it into some of my patio pots as a trailing vine! But beware; left to it's own devices, it will take over. Keep grooming it back!

Wendy G Butler · Answer

My stepmother calls them frog eyes

Annula lou · Answer

Key West Florida - keep it from sprouting in your potted plants. I thought it was cute until it took over and strangled the roots of its host.

Leslie Deschenes · Answer

This is a wild Trillium and it can be invasive but if have it growing where you just want a filler and don't want to spend extra money just move them around as fillers.

Corky Cummins · Answer

I know it as wild wondering jew. It will take over a flower bed if u let it

Susie · Answer

As previously mentioned, it's the Asiatic dayflower - and is in the spiderwort family. It resembles tradescantia (wandering jew) which also in the spiderwort family. It's yet another invasive species introduced from asia. If you like the way it looks, you can let it spread - like violets or forget-me-nots, its beauty is in the eyes of the beholder! It pulls out easily, if you want it gone, but you have to be vigilant. Happy gardening.

Tina H · Answer

Has many common names, I know it as 'Day Flower because the little blue flowers only last one day.

Karen · Answer

I've never seen WJ with flowers. Looks more like wild violets to me which I enjoy in my yard.

Mary Ker · Answer

I have it and am constantly pulling it out of everywhere...all my pots, my veggie garden, anywhere there is water.  To me, it's a weed.

Julie Johnson · Answer

It is spiderwort. I tend to pull it even though it looks OK as it does have invasive tendencies.

Robin Thoreson · Answer

Commelina Diffusa It spreads well if you're trying to choke out ugly weeds and it blooms, but you will need to hold it back.

Trudi · Answer

Any wild flower is a weed to someone who doesn't want it in their yard. We had these in our yard in Indiana and it was hard to keep them controlled, but they grew where nothing else would grow and I liked them there. So, it's a weed if you don't want it, but a pretty background flower is you like it. My mother and grandmother called them dayflowers, not to be confused with day lilies, they were in many a wild flower bouquets!

Brenda L · Answer

I have fought this for years too. Looks and has the texture of Wandering Jew, but solid green. It will take over a flower bed if you let it!. I vote 'weed'. The little flowers are not worth putting up with it. Pull it out!

Tonya · Answer

Scurvey Weed, I sell it at my greenhouse. The flowers are a beautiful blue and it's perfect for where you want to fill in a bare spot.

Inetia · Answer

Best guess for this image: tradescantia x andersoniana blue stone

Kathryn Peltier · Answer

I bought this plant as an annual probably 10 years ago and am still fighting to get rid of it. It pops up EVERYWHERE.  Pulls out easily, but I think it's a total nuisance.

Sandra Richardson · Answer

I consider it a WEED! I have tried for over 40 years to get it out of my flower gardens and still have not won the battle!! I wish I knew what I could spray it with or something to kill it..it is growing everywhere!!

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