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Christina Websell wrote:

Are you sure it's bindweed and not its more desirale cousin, Ipomoea
indica? I wonder what the neighbours are/were growing!

The leaves are wrong (I. indica's are darker, duller and mostly
ivy-shaped) and the stems are a bit too 'translucent'. It also doesn't
grow from deep roots but a rootstock.

As Robert says, it's almost certainly a greater bindweed of sorts;
as you say, a very attractive plant but a terrible thug.

It needs to come up for that reason but I haven't forgotten my neighbour
saying "I have a wonderful lily climbing up my hedge."
I suppose it all depends how you view it.

Quite :-)

If they weren't so invasive, most of the bindweeds and dandelion
would be grown as garden plants, and probably have special varieties
developed by enthusiasts!


She was gutted when I told her it was an invasive weed, but I did say it
was OK for her to grow it providing she kept it on her side, as I'd spent
years getting rid of bindweed in my own garden and was free of it
eventually. It's as bad as ground elder and I've got rid of that too.
Nettles are the problem now. I spent two hours digging them up today and
you cannot really see much difference.
Either my garden is now too big for me or I am too small for it ;-)
1,000 sq yds easily get away from me when I'm working 5/7
The birds like the wilderness.

Dandelions are a crop for my chickens, the more the better.
Tina