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I KNOW IT'S A WEED, BUT WHAT??? #88295 July 3rd, 2005 at 05:35 AM
Joined: May 2004 South Dakota M ms8miranda OP Member
OP ms8miranda Member M Joined: May 2004 South Dakota	I know this is considered a weed; it's going crazy here this year. As I'm pulling it, I'm noticing how pretty it is with the reddish design in the center and wondering if it would look nice as a house plant. Can anyone tell me what this is??? :rolleyes:

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Re: I KNOW IT'S A WEED, BUT WHAT??? #88296 July 3rd, 2005 at 11:31 AM
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weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	Miranda, It looks to me like Wild Purslane I have always loved that plant, because it reminded me of a Jade plant... But my father HATED the stuff, as it took over his garden... everytime you cut up a piece of it, it makes a new plant...the root system is never quite pulled out either... I have it, here and there, but not much, as I do keep after it.. cause I remember what his garden looked like but, in my raised veggie beds, I have landscape fabric'd them and I hardly have any weeds any more... But, save one, pot it up, chuck the rest... I do know that there is a domesticated purslane that can be bought, has the same charactoristics of this one, but is an annual and dies as soon as it gets cold.. It has either a yellowish or orangeish colored flowers...very pretty...

Re: I KNOW IT'S A WEED, BUT WHAT??? #88297 July 3rd, 2005 at 10:01 PM
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RugbyHukr Member R Joined: Apr 2005 SoCal via WV	Maybe this or something like it. Euphorbia supina

Re: I KNOW IT'S A WEED, BUT WHAT??? #88298 July 4th, 2005 at 12:43 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	It does look like Purslane Weezie, it also reminds me of spurge...I have tons of the stuff around here....Purslane BTW are related to one of my favorites...the Portulaca.

Re: I KNOW IT'S A WEED, BUT WHAT??? #88299 July 4th, 2005 at 12:45 AM
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OP ms8miranda Member M Joined: May 2004 South Dakota	I think it's probably the last one, Euphorbia Supina. Close anyway. I'll have to see if it has milky sap from broken branchlets. Thanks so much for your help, peeps! RugbyHukr, I love your signature - that sounds like me!!!

Re: I KNOW IT'S A WEED, BUT WHAT??? #88300 July 4th, 2005 at 01:08 AM
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OP ms8miranda Member M Joined: May 2004 South Dakota	Hey Weezie - did you see I posted a picture of the ?Calendula? bloom?

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