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07-15-2017 11:06 AM
It came up in a pot outside. Really different.....
Has tiny white flowers right at the stem. TIA
07-16-2017 10:41 PM
@ZhillsIt looks like a weed to me. Hope someone can give you the plant's name.
07-17-2017 10:37 AM
Usually if it's growing rapidly, it's a weed. I can't see enough of the plant to do an ID.
07-17-2017 10:51 AM
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.
07-17-2017 04:18 PM
@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"!
07-18-2017 02:47 PM
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??
07-18-2017 03:03 PM
Don't know why they are sideways! I saved them straight. Oh, well.
07-18-2017 08:16 PM
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.
07-19-2017 01:58 PM
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.
07-20-2017 12:11 PM
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.
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