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Pretty, but not sure if it is a weed or flower?

Chinasea · 2015-09-07 08:59:16

This 20150907_093410.jpgwhite flower has appeared again this year. I hadn't tended to the flower bed must this year but have been graced by this flower? with a sweet scent and is spawling nicely. What is it?

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07-09-2015 9:59am

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Chinasea

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This 20150907_093410.jpgwhite flower has appeared again this year. I hadn't tended to the flower bed must this year but have been graced by this flower? with a sweet scent and is spawling nicely. What is it?

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#2 07-09-2015 10:13am
kylith

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It looks like alyssum. It's not a weed.

Any plant, if you like it, isn't a weed. A rose bush in a cornfield would be a weed.

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#3 07-09-2015 10:17am
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I've often heard a phrase "every weeds a flower and every flowers a weed"

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#4 07-09-2015 3:52pm
Marhay70

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Yes it is alyssum. Usually grown as an annual but it can set seed and spread given the right conditions.Inclined to get a bit leggy, yours could do with a haircut but probably a bit late in the year now.

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