The picture does not do it justice; this is one wicked looking plant that is growing out form under my box hedge. Check out the bloom in the top left. But is it a friend or foe?
Actually it's one FAST-growing wicked looking plant. I swear it wasn't there yesterday when I was weeding. It seems like everything in the garden is loving this cool, wet weather.
I can't wait to see what the flower looks like.
It's a WEED! There is one that has overtaken everything else in my garden bed right now... but I haven't pulled it yet.
ReplyDeleteIt has a pretty unspectacular flower, for all of the show of getting big... yellow and white, and kind of small... but pull it before it goes to seed.... it has those dandelion-esque seeds that float everywhere!
I once let a sticker bush [thistle] grow to see how big it would get. At eight feet high, it was probably the biggest weed I've ever had. But it looked amazing.
ReplyDeleteJennifer - Yep, I finally spotted the flowers, they close up at night (weird). I guess nothing but a weed would grow through a box hedge, but still I can't help admiring the freakyness of this thing (I still haven't pulled it!).
ReplyDeleteGreen Fairy - Are those the prickly things? Ugh, I try to catch those when they're small or else they hurt!