topic Re: Can you identify this plant? in Garden

Can you identify this plant?

Zhills — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:06:44 GMT

It came up in a pot outside. Really different.....

Has tiny white flowers right at the stem. TIA

Re: Can you identify this plant?

SisterGoldenHair — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 02:41:36 GMT

@ZhillsIt looks like a weed to me. Hope someone can give you the plant's name.

Re: Can you identify this plant?

JustJazzmom — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:37:34 GMT

Usually if it's growing rapidly, it's a weed. I can't see enough of the plant to do an ID.

Re: Can you identify this plant?

deeW — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:51:31 GMT

My oldest son was a gardener for a few years and when I had something unknown pop up in my flower bed his explaination was......if you like it, it's a flower........if not, it's a weed.

Re: Can you identify this plant?

violann — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 20:18:57 GMT

@deeW wrote:
My oldest son was a gardener for a few years and when I had something unknown pop up in my flower bed his explaination was......if you like it, it's a flower........if not, it's a weed.

Can't believe this answer. IT'S PERFECT! I was just signing in to ask this VERY QUESTION! Our new house has the MOST beautiful acre of land, and in the spring, I felt as though I had a grasp on this, but with summer rain and summer sun, I've been AMBUSHED!

I just went outside and hacked away, and although I'm thrilled to rid my yard of this dubious foliage I also have terrible qualms about what I was hacking.

Tell your son I said "Thank You"!

Re: Can you identify this plant?

Zhills — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:47:17 GMT

I thought maybe it had been filler in an arrangement that got thrown out and just grew. It is a perennial and comes back every year. I have never seen this leaf configuration and can't find it on the internet. Could have been imported with some other flowers for the floral shop??

Re: Can you identify this plant?

Zhills — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 19:03:41 GMT

Don't know why they are sideways! I saved them straight. Oh, well.

Re: Can you identify this plant?

PA Mom-mom — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 00:16:19 GMT

Yeah, seeing it that close up, it sure looks like a weed to me. I think I've pulled out similar plants on occasion. I even remember the white flower. The thing is, our forefathers took the best of these "weeds," cultivated them, and they became garden flowers.

Re: Can you identify this plant?

wildcat fan — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:58:50 GMT

Do you live in the South? It reminds me of a form of Japanese clover that is common here. If left alone, it could shape like a bush.

Re: Can you identify this plant?

Zhills — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:11:48 GMT

I googled Japanese clover and, yes, the leaf formation is similar but not the plant limb pattern. I'll try to get a picture of it.

Even if it's a weed, it has a name. It is growing in one pot with an aloe plant. The tiny white flowers are at the base of a limb on the main stem. Not on the end of limbs like normally happens.