Did you check the link? I'm not joking! View the horror movie in the link below. I have JK in my woods as a result of illegal dumping. I am now in my 5th year of a chemical erradication programme being done by professional contractors and costing me 1,000s ........ of pounds, not dollars. I don't know about kudzu, but I think JK is probably the most noxious alien in the world, probably the universe actually. Here is a link that might be useful: Japanese knotwaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgggggggggggggh!

No, it's not a coleus (though at that distance it certainly could fool you). Photo 5 is the same type of plant shown in photos 1 through 4! I potted some cuttings and gave them to my MIL, who put them outdoors on her sunny patio about one month ago. When we were at her house last week I took this photo of those cuttings, now bushy and gloriously colorful. Neither my partner's original cutting from his mom, nor the large one in our house, nor the ones I transplanted to the balcony ever developed this type of coloring, but I do wish they would! She hasn't given them any plant food or repotted them out of the plastic container I stuck them in - nothing but water and sunshine for those babies since I gave them to her. I feel cheated, somehow... but anyway, it's definitely not a coleus. Succulent, smooth leaves, different shape to the leaf - and coleus doesn't grow solid green indoors and turn pink, red and white _only_ after being moved into full sun. The closest thing I've seen so far is the Plectranthus australis; it looks very similar for the most part, the only thing that makes me still not totally convinced is that most of the sites I looked at for information and photos say the plant has flowers (white or purple, mostly) and show photos of plants in full bloom, with obvious flowers... nothing we (MIL, partner, and I) could have just "not noticed" for all the months and years of growing this plant. I'll keep the book open on this one in case anyone has more information, i.e. clarification on the "missing" flowers on our (presumably) P. australis. Cultivar or variant I guess, but it would be nice to know specifically. Thanks to all who responded! Groeten, Erin

I'm almost 100% certain #3 is Horseweed (Conyza canadensis). It's one of those weeds that changes shape and form as it ages. In other words it starts out looking very different than it ultimately will look like when it blooms. I was just Googling images for this one and found tons of 'em at all stages of development. I have it my garden. It's easy to pull, but it seems to be around every year no matter what I do. Kevin

I filled them with jiffy organic seed starting mix (peat, vermiculite, coir, lime) with some extra perlite added to it. I know exactly where the seeds came from because I personally opened the brand new seed packet and poured them out into my hand. I even marked the side of the peat pots with an arrow and the words "diff seed", right where they were located in the pot. And those are what came up. I would sure hope to God that is not water hemlock!! It never even crossed my mind that that's what it is, that Burpees could make such a mistake! But looking at it now, I think you are correct. And it wasn't just one pot with it! There were several of those seeds and I planted each one so I actually have several of these water hemlock looking plants growing in my garden. I am definitely contacting Burpees!