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Originally Posted by kay
If it's from your garden, it almost certainly won't be an Ipomea. They're not native to the UK, and they don't survive our winters. That said, I do have one in our gravel terrace which has just reached the cotyledon stage which looks remarkable like an Ipomea (they have strange double-barrelled cotyledons).
Have you looked at buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) of one of its relatives?
Not directly relevant, but I bumped into this interesting site:
Non-Native Plant Species - URS
- it has pictures of seedlings as well as mature plants |
Yes, the Fagopyrum esculentum is a very good match for my plant (no.1) Shouldn't be long before it flowers and that will clinch it. Where do you think would it come from? Do farmers grow it and what is it used for? We have lots of fields round us.