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Grown in a gutter

Grandad 99Grandad 99 Posts: 52
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Is this more than a weed?  It's about 14 inches long

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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    It's stonecrop.  Only a weed when it's growing where you don't want it.  I managed to identify it using Google Lens.  It's the most accurate plant identifying app I've found so far.
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    Looks like a sedum.

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  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    Stonecrop is another name for sedum. It's a succulent type species that do well in dry conditions and have nice yellow flowers that pollinators like. 
  • Grandad 99Grandad 99 Posts: 52
    Thanks everyone.

    I suppose it had the dry conditions during the summer but it is now wringing wet!
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    This is one of the Petrosedums, probably P. reflexum but they're hard to identify accurately out of flower. Petrosedum is in the same tribe as Sedum but it's a different genus.
    I use this plant as mulch in with potted trees and things like that and it looks nice trailing over the edge of the pot. Well worth keeping in the garden as a pollinator friendly native that doesn't need watering.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • WaterbutWaterbut Posts: 344
    Hi KT53 - Is Google Lens free?


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