I recognise the plant now and yes, that's what came up in the hundreds in my
garden last year (I'd forgotten about them). They were a nuisance, so I
wouldn't recommend that you keep any. I'm off out now to pull them all up
from my garden. I was keeping them because they sort of looked like phlox,
but now I know better!



"Justin Burnett" wrote in message
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Ahh, that's a lot better. I think it's Polygonum persicaria... A quick
websearch for that has brought up this page:
http://www.hawriverprogram.org/NCPla...aria_page.html

It's a fairly common weed, bit it's quite a charming plant.


Yes that looks like the one to me. The site says "The plant grows in moist
areas of waste ground and disturbed sites." Should be quite at home then.
I
think I'll thin them out before they take over. As colin says they are
charming so I'll keep a few.

Many Thanks to all who took the trouble to help out.

Jus