Charming Rockery plant
 

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

Charming Rockery plant
 

On 03/06/2013 20:47, David Hill wrote:
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?

Looks like Polygonum capitata. (The Americans call it pink clover.)

I've seen it "wild" (a pavement weed).

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


--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

Charming Rockery plant
 

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!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Charming Rockery plant
 

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

Charming Rockery plant
 

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....
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

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.