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TERENCE REILLYTERENCE REILLY Posts: 2
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In March I bought some daliah tubers and they brought forth some great flowers. But this plant appeared beside them and I wasn't sure if it was a weed so I let it grow. It is growing strongly and the leaves are changing colour. It looks interesting but it has to be removed to make way for some cyclamen. Is it worth keeping and what do I do with it? Please, if anyone can shed some light. My local garden centre has no idea.

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    no idea , sorry.

    Devon.
  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    Is that Orach??
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    Leaves don't look right for Atriplex [ Orach ]

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

     

    pansyface wrote (see)

    There may be trouble ahead..........image

     

     

    # ...but while there's moonlight and music and love and romance.....image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    It's one of the weeds in the chenopodiaceae family. If you don't want 3 million next year remove it carefully without dropping any seeds and get rid of it.

     

    Or we'll all be joining inthe chorusimage

    On the other hand, it's quite attractive isn't itimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    The colour of the stems remind me of beetroot or something like agastache of amaranthus
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I shall have to put in a bit more effort here, I have some of those.

    Maybe distributed by aliens, they weren't here last yearimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    If this is the same as mine I've got that IDd as Chenopodium polyspermum. Check it out and see if you like that as an ID for yours



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • TERENCE REILLYTERENCE REILLY Posts: 2

    Thanks to all. identified as 

    Many-seeded Goosefoot

    crush seeds and put them on your cornflakes - makes a good continuous shrub - it's a weed and slightly poisonous - it's a vegetable.

    It will be burnt tomorrow.

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