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B3B3 Posts: 24,403
Someone  gave  me a red hot poker but  there's  something  growing  around it  that doesn't  look  right  -or maybe it does. 
Could  someone identify it for me please.?

In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,107
    edited May 2019
    A sedge of some sort? Maybe Carex pendula?
  • B3B3 Posts: 24,403
    Is that  the thug?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    Yep, invasive.
  • B3B3 Posts: 24,403
    Thanks. I'll get rid of it. I only took the rhp to be polite!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    The seeds can lay dormant in the ground for a few years then come up. We had it and now most of our neighbours have it. The house over the back to us has it in their garden and they never do a thing to the garden. Never cut the grass or do any weeding or pruning it's just gone wild. We have this stuff coming up along with their bind weed and brambles a nightmare.
  • B3B3 Posts: 24,403
    Ive dug it out and the rhp. It was full of snails and there was a lily beetle. Hopefully ive got it before it spread the seeds too much.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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