Thank you everyone for your replies. I agree with your diagnosis of
Leycesteria as there is a mature bush not far away and I now notice other
seedlings beneath it. I wonder how it got into my Lemon tree?

R.

"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
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"Ragnar" wrote:

I found this in my garden. It is about 9" high at he moment and stands
erect
but has an offshoot at the base which is sprawling. I have another that I
found self-sown in a pot. I did have another in an indoor pot (beneath
the
roots of a lemon tree) but without the purplish tinge; it grew rapidly
with
trailing branches over two feet long but it died off when I tried to
transplant it. All three plants seem more or less fleshy but with the
lowest
stems turning woody.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hairyb...40076 8381986

Any ideas? I have a vague idea it might be Abutilon but as I have never
grown this I can not be sure.

Leycesteria formosa.
http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/ga...re_200_029.htm

Quite a pretty plant, but it self-seeds all over the place, and can
become a nuisance.

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AnneJ