I'm not familiar with this plant, and it might be something I got from a round up so I'm not sure if I should leave it or pull it. Does any one know what it is?
Would you pull it?
Here is another picture.
Going out on a limb but the growth habit looks like the tall Ruellia or commonly the Mexican petunia.
If so, I spent last weekend ripping out an established bed of it. More difficult than Nandina, ivy and asian jasmine combined.
If yours is not Ruellia, sorry it was still on my mind, my back and my hands. LOL
This message was edited Mar 20, 2010 8:54 PM
It looks like Ruellia to me also and if so I would get rid of it so fast it would make your head spin.
Yes, it looks like mexican petunia, it is on the invasives list, so best to remove it.
You might want to leave one or two plants till they bloom, just in case.
Thanks! I have the short mexican petunia in that bed and the stems look nothing alike, but I will trust your word and your back on this one.
Looking at the leaves, do they have a similar veining to your small Ruellia? If appears so from your photos. The bloom will be similar, possibly purple, pink or white. If this is the first year, you might leave them for a bloom to be certain. Mine had been in that bed for quite a few years and although the plants did not sprout invasively, the roots surprised me by reaching far, wide and deep.
And if you pull it, you'll be pulling it for a long time to come!
Looks like weeds I pull every year!