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Can anyone identify this weed???
Robbie
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This little so and so is completely riddled through a rockery and a large bed in a garden I've been working in for about a year now; the stems break very easily and the go down to thin, red/brown roots that seem to be everywhere, a bit like bindweed roots but not as fat or near the surface. The leaves shoot up like wildfire this time of year; if left to its own devices it will form a blanket about a foot high over everything. forms little pink/violet flowers in the summer (these pics were taken last summer).
I can't find any pictures or reference to it anywhere on the internet - does anybody know what it is?
Any help would be greatly appreciated 
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Don't know but that looks very much like something I pulled out yesterday growing through from next door!
That's the one! It regrows from the tiniest bit of root so be careful when taking it out
Lol Robbie, wasn't sure if it was a weed or I was getting a freebie! I put it in a pot as you can see. Did put a thread on here yesterday, nobody was really sure what it was
Could be this: Creeping Bellflower
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/ontweeds/creeping_bellflower.htm
Bittersweet, I think. Woody Nightshade. Solanum dulcamara. Has green berries ripening to red. Poisonous.
Star Gaze Lily is showing us something different I think, but it looks like something which will get out of hand..
Not unless it's last year's pic, woody nightshade hasn't reached flowering yet. stems look wrong as well, more like geraniums
In the sticks near Peterborough
Robbie did say it was last summer's picture in his/her OP.
Shows how observant I am
In the sticks near Peterborough
Some people suggested geraniums on my thread nut, so really not sure. May keep it in pot to see what happens.
thanks very much for the input guys, I'm not sure it's any of the ones suggested but will keep digging!