Small, bushy plant for ID

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21/09/2011 10:48 AM
Ian Location: Sheffield Joined on: 02 Sep 2011 Posts: 73	Reply \| Contact Can a more experience gardener ID this small, bushy plant? And, could someone advise as to whther it's going to compete with my plum tree. It's growing adcent to, and through the branches of my young plum tree. It doesn't appear to have any flowers and has very small, very pale green, oval leaves.

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Can a more experience gardener ID this small, bushy plant? And, could someone advise as to whther it's going to compete with my plum tree.

It's growing adcent to, and through the branches of my young plum tree. It doesn't appear to have any flowers and has very small, very pale green, oval leaves.

21/09/2011 01:31 PM	In reply to
Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,393	Reply \| Contact Looks like Thlaspi arvensis. Common name Field Penny cress. The oval green disc bits are infact the seed pods of this plant. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Thlaspi+arvense&rls=p,com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-ContextMenu&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1270&bih=500 Do please take a few mins to have a look at the stunning pics by Brian Johnston of this plant. http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan11/bj-stinkweed.html

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