On Apr 1, 5:28*am, EdinburghFifer
wrote:
Hello,

I'm a new user (and a new gardener), so sorry for my first post being
one asking for help!

I have discovered one of the joys/pains of buying a house with a
garden, and that is that as you go through your first spring,
unidentified plants start popping up all over the place, not to mention
the fact that any time I dig a hole for anything, I invariably put my
trowel right into the side of a bulb!

My query is regarding this plant, I did see it at the tail end of last
summer, but cut it back when it died off. I'm not sure if it's a
welcome plant or a weed - all I do know is that it has spread, and
seems to want to spread further still.

Any ideas what it might be, and whether I should welcome it, or not.
There is a big raised clump of it growing right next to a site where I
will be planting a single-U cordoned pear tree when it arrives in a few
weeks. Is this some deep-rooted monster which will suck the life out of
my new fruit tree, or should I keep it to attract friendly
pollinators?

Here are the pics:

http://tinyurl.com/c2oz27http://tinyurl.com/dc639m

In the summer, when it flowers, it has bright yellow flowers at the end
of these shoots. Lots of them. when it first poked through it looked
like some strange worm/snake hybrid coming up for air...

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Steve

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EdinburghFifer

It's Lysimachia punctata, common yellow loosestrife. It is a very
common, if aggressively spreading, garden perennial.