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Old 04-06-2013, 11:19 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Charming Rockery plant

On 04/06/2013 22:44, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-06-04 14:20:38 +0100, David Hill said:

On 04/06/2013 13:13, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-06-03 20:47:25 +0100, David Hill said:

About 15 years ago I bought this charming little plant in a 3 inch
pot, "suitable for the rockery" the label said.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps12e58bb1.jpg


Well 15 years on it has taken over the plot it is in, this picture
shows around one sixth of the clump, it has been sprayed around the
edges to try to contain it.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps61dbd205.jpg


It's a lovely plant to have under bushes, but it won't stay there,
it's a thug.
It's name?
I don't know, it devoured the label many years ago.
David @ the sunny side of Swansea Bay.
PS

This is another that's going a bomb this spring.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psa35e57b7.jpg



Sounds like Polygonum Pink Bubbles. We have it all over the place, just
as you describe! It gets into crevices in the greenhouses too. I rather
like it but it's definitely very determined!


Not that one Sacha, I have pink bubbles and it makes a good basket plant
Dug these pictures up I took last year.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps2fdc3261.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps7cfb72ad.jpg


David @ a yet again sunny side of Swansea Bay


Does it stay there? In the baskets I mean? Maybe what we have romping
around isn't 'Pink Bubbles'. Hmmm....

It will ramble, but on the surface,
The Thug runs underground.