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I found this and about half a dozen others growing along the boundary fence, apparently grown through from next door.



It looks suspiciously like ground elder. Never had it in the garden before and only seen it in pictures.

Please help

I would say no Richard.  But what it is, can't help you I'm afraid.

Ground elder has 3 leaflets making up one leaf, kinda thing.  One larger pointy one at the tip, then two smaller ones, one either side of the stem.  These are then on a stem that goes straight into the darn ground, and is attached to a root system that circles the earth many many times! gggrrr

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Did you get a good price for your throne, Richard??

As E says - not g/e. But what?? Take cuttings & sell it?? = Tim

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NOT ground elder then?  Well thats a releif  :)

It certainly seemed to be  a bit like it though and the way it was growing (herbaceous, suckering, underground stems etc) seemed to indicate it too.

I wonder what it is?

If anyone has any ideas, please let me know, be nice to know if its anything i have to worry about.

Why not ask your neighbours as it obviously is growing in their garden along that boundary.  Have you got another photo of the flowers open that may be a help??

Asking might not be much good, Mimi, the neighbours in question havent lived there that long, much of what is in the gardenwas there when they moved in. Any way i still think its a weed of some sort.

Sorry dont have any with flowers on, what you see in the pic is the seed heads. I was lucky to spot it when i did - it was lurking beneath a large shrub.

Heres more of a close up if its any help to anyone

Hi Richard, This looks a bit like something I have growing in my garden, common name Enchanters Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana).  Spreads by means of creeping stems just below the surface and can become a nuisance.  It's a member of the willowherb family and not a nightshade at all.  I have it growing in the woodland bit of my garden and as soon as it has finished flowering I pull it up, it still comes up again the next year but at least I seem to be able to keep it under control this way.