What's this?

[marmalade]

I found this plant growing in one of my beds, anyone know what it is?

http://ginandcompost.files.wordpress...3/p1000871.jpg

(link cos the image is quite big)

sorry the photo isn't too clear, my camera wouldn't focus on the leaves

[Capsid]

The thorny brown stick next to the leaves might indicate that it's a raspberry.

[marmalade]

I shouldn't have thought so, it was soil that was well dug over! the stick doesn't seem to be attached to the weird 3leaved thing

[Nicos]

what was there previously???

[marmalade]

No idea, we only took over the plot in feb!

I have suspicions I'm not going to like it whatever it is Will take a better photo on Friday when I go again

[Nicos]

I've stood at the other end of the room, and on my head a few times- and still think Caspid's made a good guess there!

The plant will be more established next time you're there- so it'll be easier to ID.
have a firtle below the soil line too- that'll be a good indicator of what it may be too!

[kernowyon]

i looked at it before i read`the further posts, and said to myself 'raspberry' so i will agree with Capsid as well.

[organic]

If the rasberry canes I've got are anything to go by, I'd back up the "raspberry" identification too. The little shoots coming up on mine (and they come out of the ground, not off the main stem) look just like that one.

Time will tell though.

[Paulottie]

Took forever to load that photo....try another format.

My vote is raspberry too.

[Snadger]

PPTHHPTHPFFTHPPPT!!! (Written representation of a raspberry....apparently!)

[marmalade]

PPTHHPTHPFFTHPPPT!!! (Written representation of a raspberry....apparently!)

but how can it be raspberries if that area has been dug over?

or is my OH rubbish at digging?

Off on Friday, will retake photo

[organic]

Maybe your OH dug around it. When I was digging up the bigger weeds on my plot last year I came across a few berry looking things and dug around them.

[marmalade]

LOL he wouldn't have done that he can't tell a tree from grass

[Nicos]

Well- if the old stems look dead- maybe your OH thought they were just dead twigs?- or maybe the previous owner had cut them back?

Rasps have very fine fibrous roots- maybe they were all mixed in with other weed roots, so it was difficult to tell apart???

here- look at this piccie ( it's too big to post on here)

Google Image Result for http://www.forestryimages.org/images/3072x2048/0725006.jpg

[marmalade]

strawberry it's a strawberry