why .. it appears.. you are sweetpea ... what more do you want.. lol ... and apparently todds .. is this one or two independent plants... or has it planted more of itself all along that fence.. and if so.. that probably means it is somewhat invasive ... presuming you like the sight block.. what i would suggest .. is that you clear certain areas .. and plant some good plants ... and give them a chance to get going.. to grow a new sight block.. and over the next few years.. keep planting.. and hacking this thing back .... and.. being as aggressive as it seems .. you could probably cut a few to within about 3 inches of the ground.. and it will grow like the weed it probably is ... and be back to covering that fence by mid to late summer ... i dont know on the ID .... not that he is wrong.. ken ps: i think your fence needs some work .... lol .. which will be my understatement of the day ... lol

I apologize for not having a picture to post, but I have been searching for hours to find the name of my plant. I have this plant in a pot and it needs partial shade (burnt it in full sun). It is about 3 feet tall right now and has stems coming out from the bottom. The leaves are two shades of green with a maroon color on the bottom. It blooms small flat like flowers that are red (like a bleeding heart) under the leaves in a cluster. One stem supports several flowers. The leaves are an odd shape...say like your looking at a drawn heart, but one side is very small verses the other. Any help would be appreciated. I have two broken stems that I placed in water....they are thriving, but I want to know if I can put them in dirt to root so I will have additional plants. Thank you so much for your help.

Thanks to all of you for your ideas about this plant. I really wish I had a camera. I got excited reading ohiogdnr's dscription of kochia scoparia, but when I looked up photos of it online, it is nothing like the plant my mother gave me. I think I incorrectly described the leaves as alternate on the stem. On looking at it again, they are defintely directly opoosite each other. Each leaf is very thin and flat, by thin I mean not thick, not not wide. I had already looked up burning bush because it seemed to me that when my mother first gave it to me she called it that, or firebush (which I also looked up unsuccessfully) not live-forever. But it's not burning bush, so I asked her again, and that's when she and my stepfather said it is called live-forever. I really think they are just confused - they're in their 70's and were never great gardeners - and I know she also has a lot of autumn joy sedum, so I think she has remembered the name live-forever and associated it with the wrong plant. Of course I would never say that to her. Little Henry Itea has leaves with much more substance than this plant, and it also has a noticeable bloom, which this one lacks. I will try to get a photo with a disposable camera, and will post it on the perennials forum as well. Thanks again!

I love my 'heirloom' mock orange (I don't know the name b/c it was here when we bought the house 20 years ago). No scent (I'm in a Boston suburb), but otherwise a glorious shrub. Mine is 12' high x 8' wide. Was planted decades ago, and has never failed me in 20 years - even when I had to cut alot off it mid-summer due to poison ivy wrapped around it bloomed the next spring (June for me) and always has alot of healthy green stems (canes?). Provides privacy screen from neighbors' driveway and the street.