Topic: WEED IDENTIFICATION PLEASE

[Duke Ellington]

Does anyone know what weed this is? Its an annual weed and grows to about 1/12 foot tall.  It has quite a shiny leaf and its about to flower

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Duke :)

[shirlton]

Has it a pink flower and smells lovely. We used to call it musk.

[Hector]

does it have yellow flowers?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougcwaylett/3167830308/

[Duke Ellington]

I think I will have to let you know on the colour of the flower but it does look like the flowers are going to be pink.

Duke

[Toadspawn]

Try looking at Saponaria. It looks a bit like the plant I have growing as a herbaceous perennial.

[jennym]

Agree with Toadspawn - looks very much like Soapwort. Watch it when it seeds - it's almost become a weed on my garden.

[shirlton]

It smells divine though. If you have the room its worth growing. We got ours from a small root by the river in N. Wales

[Duke Ellington]

Thanks all for your help:) I will have to get rid of it because if I am not careful it will take over my vegetable beds. Its creeping in from the neighbouring plot.

Duke :)

[saddad]

One of it's nick names is "Bouncing Bet" because of that habit of spraeding sideways...  :-\