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Plant or Weed?

Bill_and_BenBill_and_Ben Posts: 161
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I am trying to work out if this is something I've planted or a weed. I label everything I plant but cannot find a label by this and it's been getting bigger and bigger for weeks with no sign of blooming so I am coming around to the thought that it's a weed!

My location: Histon, near Cambridge, UK


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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    We've had a lot of this recently on the Forum. It is Caper spurge and a weed. Keep any milky sap off your skin as it can be a irritant.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Bill_and_BenBill_and_Ben Posts: 161

    Thanks for this. Before I rip it out I'm just posting 3 more photos to be sure as it isn't looking like Google images I can find of Caper Spurge or a type of Euphorbia.

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    My location: Histon, near Cambridge, UK


  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    That's not caper spurge. I have no idea what it is though. Post a picture when it flowers.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Yes, don't rip it out for being caper spurge because it isn't image

    I wouldn't rip it out before it flowers. I know a lot of weeds and hat one isn't any of them. Might be something nice, an erigeron or something.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Now I've seen the enlarged pictures (why can't we do that any more?) I was very wrong. Not caper spurge at all. Is that a white flower at the top of your first picture? Could it be one of the Michaelmas Daisy family?

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • clattnowclattnow Posts: 86

    Hello everyone,

          I agree it could be a Michaelmas Daisy though it could be part of the cornflower family as my cornflowers look a bit like that.  It could be something nice as looks as though it is about to flower that could be interesting.  Is it part of the cornflower family?

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,143

    You can enlarge the photos by right clicking on them and selecting 'open in another tab' option. image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    I can't enlarge like that. I  n swoosh it on the kindle but can't do a thing with it on the Mac except control plus which enlargis a bit.

  • WaysideWayside Posts: 845

    (Took me a while to figure out the 'Open image in new tab' trick.  You should be able to do that on the mac: try ctrl + click.)

  • clattnowclattnow Posts: 86

    Hi everyone,

       Yes agreed there it took me a while to enlarge them.  Thanks for the advice on how to. Clattnow

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