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I.d help please
Abbi Pickering
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Hi , i sowed some seeds in a border and in haste threw away the packet. I thought i planted Sweet pea in this area and i even made a trellis to encourage growth , the plant is now 5ft and doing well but several people have been round in my garden and said that it is weed and i need to rip it up straight away !
I am very reluctant
to do this as i have been encouraging growth and im not convinced . This is my first year of gardening
Thank you , Any help is appreciated
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no
unfortunately not.
however i will have a look at those plants and see if it is.
Thank you for your reply
No it's not Russian Vine. Could you take a photo of a flower so the shape of the flower can be seen and the number of petals please
If it's done all that in this season it's likely to be an annual but is it possible that it was there last year in a smaller way?
Whatever it is, it's no sort of pea
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Hope those help.
hi Abbi,just two things.There is an old saying that a weed is just a plant in the wrong place
it isn't a sweet pea but if you like it stick with it and ignore what other people say. I think the flower looks quite attractive 
I think it's Polygonum (or possibly Fallopia now) convolvulus or a relative. One of the buckwheats.
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Thank you for your help , It appears to be doing very well so we shall see how it does and i will leave it there . If it is weed ..... so be it its staying (for the time being anyway )
Weed is a state of mind
I'd keep it, along with all my other volunteers
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