Plant ID Thread (Merged)

FairyElephant_2

Newgirl is dead right - leave even a tiny cm of stem on or in the soil and it will sprout into a new nightmare, and that's not to mention leaving a bit of actual root.....

Good luck!

Biggles

Heart-shaped leaves? If you're very unlucky it could be a Russian Vine. Are some of the stems reddish?
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/447a.html

If so, you must kill it with Roundup or some such systemic weedkiller that will get down to the root, and the sooner the better.

Mudbath

We have lots of what I now know is called bindweed at our allotment. It comes back again and again and again. I always thought it looked similar to morning glory so thankyou Newgirl for confirming that. The bindweed near us isn't in flower yet ... hopefully that does tie in with what your son has as the Russian Vine doesn't seem so nice!

~Chameleon~

It's not Russian Vine, that I'm almost certain of. I still think it's most likely to be bindweed, although now morning glory has been suggested I'm not sure sure any more

It was in bud the other day but no flowers yet to identify it with. I'll be over there on Sunday to start doing some clearing work on the garden so will have another look at it and take a couple of pics if it still hasn't flowered.

bina72

Took this picture near to the edge of Grand Ganyon (South Rim, AZ). It was in a fenced off area of an old Uranium mine (taken with a zoom lens, I wasn't trespassing, honestly!). It was around 5ft tall & the only one we could see in the area. We showed it to several locals, including park rangers, & none of them had ever seen anything like it before. Would love to hear from anyone who might know it. Picture was taken in August 2006.

Thanks!

KAAT_LADY

It looks like Great Mullaine it has yellow flowers on ........ not sure about the spelling
also it looks as if it has mutated at the top .......... probably radiation poisoning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Chameleon~

It was most definitely bindweed!!!!!!

And boy, there was a lot of it! I still don't think we've got it all out as it had managed to wrap itself around just about every shrub and plant in the garden :mad:

Now they know how to recognise it I've instructed them to pull out any they see growing back asap, along with the numerous ash trees that we found sprouting up in the garden :eek:

There were some quite pretty plants and shrubs hiding beneath all the weed, some of which I couldn't identify and I forgot to take my camera :doh: One in particular I really like the look of and wondered if anyone might recognise it from a description?

It had long, quite green and fleshy, stems rising about 6ft from the base and the leaves were green tinged with a little purple on the new growth. It had the most beautiful lilac/purple flower that sort of hung down in a similar style to a wisteria flower but much smaller. Any ideas?

nodwah

WOW! Fab plant. Did it chase you???

Ice_2

wow if it chased you did it bite...lol:rotfl:

mrbadexample

I want one. I don't normally show any interest in growing things I can't eat, but I could scare small children with that.