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Help with Plant Identification Please

HelloFellowGardenersHelloFellowGardeners Posts: 18
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I've noticed this plant growing in an old pot hidden behind the garage any ideas what it is? 

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    It looks very much like Salix caprea, aka Goat Willow, the fluffy seeds of which get blown everywhere and seem to especially like neglected pots.  I get them popping-up in my blueberry pots.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    this is the second specimen to appear today.
    I'd remove it ASAP
    Devon.
  • HelloFellowGardenersHelloFellowGardeners Posts: 18
    Thank you! A goat willow had never crossed my mind. What would be the issue of planting it out Hostafan1? I know nothing about willows so will read up this evening.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It's a thug, grows very big very quickly and saps water and nutrients from the soil.  No redeeming features in form, foliage, flowers, colour, perfume..........
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • HelloFellowGardenersHelloFellowGardeners Posts: 18
    Got it! :) Thanks Obelixx. Fortunately it's in a pot so I can easily tip it out into the garden waste and re-use the pot now I've found it. Thanks all! 
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