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Invasive climbing weed

Jetform_limitedJetform_limited Posts: 4
in Problem solving
Can anyone identify this fast growing weed  that's climbing around and growing through bushes at the bottom of our garden.

No flowers as yet but it's grown 2-3 metres since I cut it all down last year.

Photos attached.. .

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Does it have blue flowers?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Jetform_limitedJetform_limited Posts: 4
    No flowers as yet, its been hanging about for a couple of years with no flowers that we've seen so far
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Not periwinkle, then.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    any chance of some photos of the plant in situ?
    Some suggestion of Lonicera there but need to see more of it


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Jetform_limitedJetform_limited Posts: 4
    Don't think so, leaves are similar but no blue flowers. Also climbs several metres around bush trunks to poke out above them. 
  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364
    The leaves don't look quite like that, ours are more heart shape but it is best to get as much as possible out. 
    There is a lot behind our garden fence that is creeping over into our garden which is not our garden which could make things more difficult. At present I lean over the fence and rip off any that I can reach. 



    'You must have some bread with it me duck!'

  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    The leaves and stems look a lot like one of my Honeysuckles. Lonicera Henryi
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Looks a bit like a lonicera to me, too.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Jetform_limitedJetform_limited Posts: 4

    <b></b><b></b><b><i></i></b><i><b></b></i><b></b>@Bijdezee ive looked at your suggestion and it does indeed look like your honeysuckle. I'll look out for the small flowers in the coming months

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