Plant Identification

Kaymo · 12 Feb 2015

Hi,
Was hoping someone could identify this plant. Its in my garden and spreading rapidly but I don't see it anywhere in the countryside that borders my garden so presume its not a weed. It looks quite good when it flowers so I was thinking of spreading it around to fill some gaps elsewhere but just wanted to make sure that I wasn't spreading around some invasive weed

Sorry, dont know why the pic has imported sideways!

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Thanks,
Kenny.

regsmyth · 13 Feb 2015

is is Pieris?

r896neo · 13 Feb 2015

I'd say its a euphorbia of some sort. possibly grifithii but hard to say without the flowers

Deleted2797112 · 13 Feb 2015

Hmm, those two would have been my guesses too. If you break a stem does it leak a milky white sap. If so, it's spurge/euphorbia. (Don't get the sap on your skin or near your eyes, it's a painful irritant.)

Kaymo · 14 Feb 2015

Thanks folks.

I searched both on the internet and Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Purpurea' looks like the closest. The plant is starting to get reddish around the leaves at the moment and then gets a yellow flourish of flowers later so it looks very like the example I found of the above. It doesn't seem to have much of a sap but maybe its just the wrong time of the year for that, although the inside of the stem is white.

I just wasn't sure if it was a weed or a garden plant but I don't suppose it matters as long as it looks good.

maltaron · 14 Feb 2015

A weed is a plant in the wrong place.

r896neo · 15 Feb 2015

If it has yellow spring flowers its certainly a euphorbia. They are tough and quite invasive plants really and can spread quickly so take that into consideration if you plant it out.

There are some wilder types that get really bad but then some more cultivated varieties that are much more managable.

The flowers will help with a definate identification of the cultivar

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Plant Identification

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