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Posted By: Meg Pale smartweed/Polygonum lapathifolium (Family Polygonaceae) - June 6th, 2005 at 09:10 PM
found this growing up under/with my columbine. It's kinda big actually, at least a foot or so tall.

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Meg
I have a bunch of them too. Can't wait to here what they are. I've been letting them grow to see if they bloom.
I like this weed..
The flowers are very pretty..

*But again, it is a weed. Sooooooo,
I'd leave it in the back 40!!!!!
***I have a nice patch of it..
There's black little seeds in it,
and the little birds like it...***

And I like the flowers when I'm making a
bouquet of flowers, they're such a sweet
delicate accent...

Pale smartweed/Polygonum lapathifolium (Family Polygonaceae)

My flowers are a darker pink!!!
They remind me a wee~bit of Amaranth,
Love Lies Bleeding, in a small form...
Thanks all for the information & the picture. I know what to do now.
Mine are really tall too,
a good 2 1/2 to 3 ft tall...
(of course mine was by the compost pile)
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