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LightUpOurLife
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Bonnie-Jean
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Weed or Plant?
Ok, my neighbor said weed when she saw it, my mom said ground covering plant that takes over when she saw a picture of it. What is it?!? 
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Posted 6/3/08 6:00 PM  |
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me
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Re: Weed or Plant?
It almost looks like Coral Bells.
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| Posted 6/3/08 6:19 PM |
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TheWhiteRabbit
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Re: Weed or Plant?
I personally call them weeds, they're wild violets.
**subject to interpretation, because it does spread like mad, and they can be pretty. So both your neighbor and your mom are correct
Message edited 6/3/2008 6:33:51 PM.
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| Posted 6/3/08 6:27 PM |
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KLSbear
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Karen
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Re: Weed or Plant?
Yes - it's definately a violet. They will spread but in a garden like that it's somewhat easy to control. I have some and I love the small purple flowers in the spring.
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| Posted 6/3/08 6:33 PM |
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LightUpOurLife
Totally in love
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Bonnie-Jean
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Re: Weed or Plant?
Oh wow... I like those flowers. I'll keep them! Thanks for all of your quick responses. 
Message edited 6/3/2008 6:35:22 PM.
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| Posted 6/3/08 6:35 PM |
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annienyc
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Re: Weed or Plant?
I have a TON of these in my yard that pop up everywhere and although I've been told that they are wild violets i have YET to see them bloom. The bug me and I wish they just wouldn't appear at all...
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| Posted 6/3/08 8:21 PM |
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Erica
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Re: Weed or Plant?
they look like wild violets (which are awful and spread like wild), but I think what you have are silver dollar plants.
The leaves are very similar, but you can see that you have a cluster - wild violets grow more like an ivy. It will take two seasons to get the silver dollars though.
first year
second year
as opposed to the wild violet:
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| Posted 6/3/08 9:41 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Shawn
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Re: Weed or Plant?
I heard that the easiest way to determine if it's a weed or a plant/flower is to pull it. If it comes back, it's a weed..... 
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| Posted 6/4/08 7:37 AM |
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lucyloo
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Re: Weed or Plant?
Violets. My parents have a ton of them.
He is actually going to give me some because I want to put them under my cherry tree.
He does pull them out like they are weeds though!
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| Posted 6/4/08 10:15 AM |
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