That's a euphorbia Birdie, maybe 'Efanthia' but so many similar it's hard to say.
The cultivars like 'Efanthia' won't seed true but I would have expected to find more red in your first photos if it was seedling from something so coloured
Possibly one of the weedy toadflaxes - I have a form of purple toadflax around here that gets everywhere (especially neglected pots), and look just like that at this time of year (it is evergreen.) It's quite nice apart from the fact that it seeds everywhere.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Thank you, folks, for your ideas and information. I think I'd better treat it as a weed (I mean the plant in the first 2 pictures, not the shrub in the ground!).
it does seem a bit unlikely that I've planted a useful plant without actually noticing ...
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Looks like a euphorbia, Did it ooze white stuff when you cut it?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Looks like a euphorbia to me too.
Wow - quick responses!
I broke it by mistake - didn't notice if I oozed, but just tried recutting the end that's been in water for a few days, and it did not ooze.
I know we have got euphorbia in the garden, but I thought they looked different - unless this is a different type.
Just found this photo from last March - is this euphorbia?
...there seems to be a similarity in the leaf arrangement.
its a euphorbia
its a verity called euphorbia efanthia
That's a euphorbia Birdie, maybe 'Efanthia' but so many similar it's hard to say.
The cultivars like 'Efanthia' won't seed true but I would have expected to find more red in your first photos if it was seedling from something so coloured
In the sticks near Peterborough
Possibly one of the weedy toadflaxes - I have a form of purple toadflax around here that gets everywhere (especially neglected pots), and look just like that at this time of year (it is evergreen.) It's quite nice apart from the fact that it seeds everywhere.
Thank you, folks, for your ideas and information. I think I'd better treat it as a weed (I mean the plant in the first 2 pictures, not the shrub in the ground!
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it does seem a bit unlikely that I've planted a useful plant without actually noticing ...
... unless Santa's been early...!
I was going to say linaria too
I quite like them though I have to say...good bee plant