this is growing out of the wall at the side of house, in shade most of day
if that helps

"paul" wrote ...
this is growing out of the wall at the side of house, in shade most of day
if that helps
Looks like a Cymbalaria, don't know which though. How on earth did it get on
your wall in the UK?

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

"Bob Hobden" wrote ...

"paul" wrote ...
this is growing out of the wall at the side of house, in shade most of
day if that helps
Looks like a Cymbalaria, don't know which though. How on earth did it get
on your wall in the UK?

more info here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbalaria

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

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"Bob Hobden" wrote ...

"paul" wrote ...
this is growing out of the wall at the side of house, in shade most of
day if that helps
Looks like a Cymbalaria, don't know which though. How on earth did it get
on your wall in the UK?

more info here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbalaria

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London



I agree with Bob, it's a Cymbalaria....looks to me like Cymbalaria muralis,
commonly called Kenilworth Ivy. I've seen it come up in some pretty odd
places, so I would think if a few seeds somehow got into cracks in the wall
and it was getting enough moisture, it might grow there quite happily.

Regards,
Rick A

thanks guys got no idea how it got there, it caunt have been planted it's
growing in the morter between the bricks, only bought this house last yr so
it could have been there a few yrs, it seems happy enough growing there
though
"paul" wrote in message
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this is growing out of the wall at the side of house, in shade most of day
if that helps

"paul" wrote
this is growing out of the wall at the side of house, in shade most of
day if that helps


thanks guys got no idea how it got there, it can't have been planted it's
growing in the morter between the bricks, only bought this house last yr
so it could have been there a few yrs, it seems happy enough growing there
though

This is interesting (from Wikipedia)...
"This plant has an unusual method of propagation. The flower stalk is
initially positively phototropic and moves towards the light—after
fertilization it becomes negatively phototropic and moves away from the
light. This results in seed being pushed into dark crevices of rock walls,
where it is more likely to germinate and where it prefers to grow"

Doesn't explain how it got there in the first place though.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London