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Creeping weed identification help
msg99
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Hello
I wonder if anyone can help identify this weed. Creeps along the ground, it has a thin flat leaf all the way along the stem like a wing and stringy tentacles at the end. It had shrivelled up a little by the time I took the pictures.
many thanks
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Looks like a perennial sweet pea to me. It's probably crawling along the ground looking for something to climb up.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1114
Last edited: 06 May 2017 20:53:16
It's a weed to you and I'm trying to grow them! One man's meat....
Thanks both. If I see any more I'll give it a chance!
We had lots in our garden when we moved in. I thought they were pretty but was advised to dig them up as they can be invasive-they were smothering all the other plants...
They are a very good cheap cover for a fence, one plant will fill a space 5wide and more than that in height. If you don't let it self seed it's ok.
I grew them a few years ago from seeds, they are just coming up now, no more than I planted.
As Lyn says, they are quite rampant and and will fill a space quickly. They do have a quite attractive flower but not the scent of the annual sweet peas. However, be careful that you want them long term. When we moved into this house, twenty years ago, there were a couple of places where they were growing. I was told that they would spread exponentially and that, unless I was keen on that, to get rid. I dug them all out, or so I thought. The following year, there they were again. I pulled them up as they were appearing and they never got to the stage of flowering, let alone setting seed. To this day they come back every year, despite not been allowed to flower, ever, since 1997. I have managed to eradicate ground elder but not perennial sweet peas.