This granny *certainly* did not plant pot there! I thought cannabis had skinnier leaves...no? If I can't positively ID this, I guess I'll destroy it. Shucks....

If it's not a hardy hibiscus, I'd guess mulberry.
Jim

Oops--Omar already called it! Is there something you want to tell us, Betty? ;-)

Seriously, could it be Rose of Sharon?

I had something like that coming up and it turned out to be giant ragweed.I thought it was a Mulberry at first too. It's easy to pull up. Cannabis has 5 pointed star shaped leaves. It's not Cannabis! You jokesters! PJ

Here is a link that might be useful:

See now you guys, you shouldn't tease an aging blonde. ;0) I didn't think it looked like cananbis. I don't think it's ragweed. It has a really woody stem, and the leaves are really a little bit lighter in color than they look in the photo. I'm going to check out mulberry. I suppose it's possible that what I intentionally planted really did die, and this is a volunteer something or other. It looks vaguely familiar, though.

I don't know what it is but looking at it I'm wondering if it might be a tree? Doesn't look like rag weed, leaves not the same.
I'd let it hang around for a while to see if it puts on buds if not and you don't like it dig it up.
These guy's will do anything for entertainment LOL and to get back at us gal's for ganging up on them.

It does look like a tree. I think a bird or squirrel gave it to you

I swear! You people are MEAN! :)

And don't know nothing 'bout grownin pot.
The stems would still be green, not woody at this stage.

It's a mulberry. Get rid of it asap, if you can.

It looks nothing like cannabis to me.

Sally

Here is a link that might be useful: Comparisan picture

I'm going to second the Mulberry id. It really looks like a tree seedling.

Necia

Okay, so I'm going to be difficult. I don't know of anyone nearby with a mulberry. There are elms all over the place, but mulberry...nope. There are hardly any squirrels in the area, but there are lots of birds. It could have gotten there from a bird, I suppose, if it is a mulberry. I googled some photos and to me, it just doesn't look quite the same as a mulberry. I'm hanging onto it for the time being to see what develops. If it turns out to be something I don't want, I'll just yank it up later.
I still have a feeling it might be what I planted there. Thanks so much for all the replies.

Bettydee, if you'll post the picture over on the "Name That Plant" forum, I'd nearly guarantee you one of those folks will identify it for you. They really know their stuff over there. Good luck,
Jim

Here is a link that might be useful: Name That Plant

Thank you Jim!

Definitely a mulberry. ABSOLUTELY a mulberry! I am ripping them out of my yard as we speak!

It doesn't matter that nobody has a tree around you, the birds bring them.

Janie

My neighbor has a mulberry...I have mulberry seedlings all over the place....that does not resemble a mulberry to me.

Maybe a type of abutilon? (Also called a flowering maple?)

I've gone and looked at one of my hardy hibiscus that's leafed out.. they aren't the same.

Up until last fall, I had a fruitless Mulberry tree in my backyard. Now I have something coming up near the front of my house that looks identical (or very nearly identical) to your photo ... makes me think the Mulberry is haunting me. I will be chopping it down tonight, now that I know what it is. Be gone, Trash Tree!

Carla

BINGO! A friend identified it for me. It is a bleeding heart, and indeed since she mentioned it, I *do* remember buying a bleeding heart for this shady spot. Yea! Mystery solved. Thanks to all who posted and searched for me!

here's a photo I found

Here is a link that might be useful:

Yes, that's it, most definitely. Thanks for the link.

I just got a bleeding heart last week, love the plant.
Now that you know what it is I want to see pictures when it flowers :) Please

Just so we all know what the leaves of pot look like . . . I'm ignoring the article, but the photo here is what's important so we know.

Here is a link that might be useful: Picture of Cannabis

Now I know why!

Hubby 'helps' me by pulling up all these 'tree seedlings'.

Sure, I'll post photos when it blooms. I found a good close up of the foliage, in case anyone is interested.

Here is a link that might be useful: Bleeding heart foliage

Oooo, now I'm jealous. I want one of those, but they don't care so much for zone 9..........

I hope it is a bleeding heart, bettydee, but the foliage doesn't look the same to me. Please post photos when it blooms - all of mine died.

Well, o.k., if y'all think it is a bleeding heart. It don't look like my bleeding heart.

It does look exactly like the mulberry trees in my flower beds.

Please do post pics when it blooms.

Janie

LOL! I DO think it's a bleeding heart. The foliage might not look *exactly* like the one in the link, but the foliage in the link isn't taken quite as close up, either. Mine looks just like that from about the same distance. Maybe you have a different variety? I dunno. Anyway, I know I bought one, and now that somebody mentioned a bleeding heart to me, I remember now that's where I planted it. The blooms will tell. ;0)

Well, Omar and I are in the clear, having been absolved by Sally's and Denise's links--we're obviously not partakers. But MELVALENA!!! You crazy party animal! How did you know cannibis' growing habits? Nevermind...you don't have to answer that. ;-)

I really hope it IS a bleeding heart. I didn't know we could grow those here! If we can grow bleeding heart, can we grow lily of the valley, too???

I was convinced that it was a mulberry, so, I posted it over on the 'Name That Plant' forum. So far two of the people who are very good at identifying plants have responded. See their answers on the attached link.

Melvalena, could you send me some seeds?
Jim

Here is a link that might be useful: Please Help Identify.

Bo Berrin, (and anyone else who might be wondering..)
I only know this about MJ plants because the very first house we rented when we moved to Dallas years and years ago had some 'volunteer' plants already growing. (right outside a bedroom window in the very private back yard)

Weeds do not have woodystems until they've been growing for a long while. :)

HI Jim, I didn't post the photo on that forum after all, because my friend ID'd it for me. I don't want to be hard headed, but I'm quite sure it's a bleeding heart. The friend who ID'd it, along with her husband, owns a farm supply co and nursery, if that makes any difference. Didn't mention it before, because I thought it might sound snooty. I bought it from her in the first place and asked her to come look at it for me. She just glanced and said, "It's a bleeding heart."
I did look at some mulberry photos, and they just don't look quite the same to me. It's possible that some monitors are throwing color off, or something, because this has light colored leaves, supposedly a hall mark of bleeding hearts, according to some sites I've looked at today.
At the very least, for the sake of the argument, if it IS a mulberry (and it isn't), it's MY mulberry, and it can stay until I say different. LOL! ;0)

a short story:

once upon a time a young whippersnapper gave this old lady some seeds that he said he thought were radish seeds or maybe some flower seeds. His exact words.

I had/raised 6 children, I should have known better.

Anyway, I planted them in the flower bed in the back yard. A good friend told me that he thought they might be castor beans, but he was in the know and was messin' with me.

Well the plants grew. (We lived in La Porte, mind you, and I was a member of all kinds of sororities, civic groups, etc.) Anyway,.....

The plants grew and grew. By the time they got about chest high, I had figured out they were not radishes, but I was invested with this growing plants by that time. I had planted the seeds, tended them, nurtured them; I was not about to pull them out, just because they were, ummmmm, illegal.

They got about as high as the house. They were just starting to bud. My mother was coming to visit, and my Mother was a founding member of the Drug Abuse Council at home, and I KNEW SHE WOULD KNOW WHAT IT WAS!

I went out the morning before she was to arrive and ripped them out of the ground. I stuffed them into a big garbage bag and set it out for the trash man, who picked it up about 20 minutes later.

Our young whippersnapper about fainted when he found out it was gone. LOLOLOL!

I SWEAR this is a true story!

Janie

I LOVE your story, Janie. What a hoot. Thanks for the laugh, and the lesson.

"At the very least, for the sake of the argument, if it IS a mulberry (and it isn't), it's MY mulberry, and it can stay until I say different."

Why Bettydee, I never suggested that you should do anything to or with your plant, what ever it is. I was only trying to help you identify your "Mystery" plant, and surely didn't intend to upset you.
Jim

How funny !! The same thing happened to my Mom ( not me, I'd already moved out by then !!!!) my brother had some stuff growing in a container out by the carport. A state cop lived about 2 houses down & one day he stopped & asked Mom if she knew what that was & of course she didn't & said Burl has taken an interest in gardening & is starting some seeds for the flowerbeds. When he told her what it was she hit the ceiling & the kid was grounded for months. He was probably 14 & that was his last spanking. I come from a very small town & you're either a blood relative or a relative by marriage so the problem was solved without alot of fuss. That was about 40 yrs ago. I doubt it would happen like that today. Bev

LOL!

OMG Texans are a big,brass lot!!! LOL!PJ

PJ I know people in Calif who do the same things. I could tell you a story... PTA mom, big time high society charity fund raiser and the fundraiser parties at her home...and her 'gardens'.

LOL.

Now, PJ, what does that mean? is that a CA term? Does it mean something unfavorable, derogatory, or WHAT?

Or should I just not ask? DD tells me that all the time....."You don't really want to know, Mom."

LOL

Janie

for al lthose that thought it even resempledcannabis at all you aint to smart, no offence but it looks almost nothing like weed. this looks like a buisy forum so ill jump in, a friend of mine who is one of the biggest potheads around di something like that he has asked me many times to put the plants in my green house but i turned him down but he had probly 10-12 plants. when he went away to college he had his mom water and tend to them, she even re potted them. he told her they were yound trees and would give fruit, his dad eventually found them and killed them all and he wasnt allowed to have any plants in his room again

jake

ive got two plants here, and im at a loss to figure out what they are!!!

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z94/nikki-maclaughlan/mysteryplant.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z94/nikki-maclaughlan/mysteryplantagain.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z94/nikki-maclaughlan/anotherweirdplantivepickedup.donthaveacluewhatthisis.jpg

cheers

It's a mulberry! I pull them up all the time. Its the old time fruited type. the birds deliver them. get rid of them.Birds just love to drop the purple poop on white pick-ups. Yuk

Looks like bettydee will be in denial until she's (a)picking berries off her Dicentra or (b) Her Dicentra grows over 10ft tall! I vote option (b).

Hmmmm.... bettydee, dear, would you please let us know how tall is your Cannabis dicentra "Mulberry tree" now? Has it bloomed for you? Would it be a Cannabis tree (what a thought!!)? Please advise.

Omar

This is an old post but it caught my eye because the same thing has come up in my yard. Mine is larger - I thought it was some kind of tree and hadn't gotten around to pulling it...

Did you ever find out what yours was??? Mine has to come out since it is growing about 2 inches from the neighbor's foundation...

Or does anyone else know what this is?

Inmates do not have access to internet, do they? Or.. Bettydee is too busy making jelly out of her Dicentra tree.
LMAO!!

Omar

It's not pot...

Shoot, when did it turn into a dicentra?!? I vote for Mulberry. Where did she go? We need to know what happened!!!

PJ, what is a big, brass lot? That sounds veddy British.

Guess bettydee isn't around. I sure would like to know what that is, since I have more than one. You can tell it's not pot, the leaves aren't right at all - I've seen enough tattoos and tshirt pics alone of pot leaves to know they are skinny with five (?) separations...Bettydee's plant looks like mulberry to me, too... but I wish she could tell us what has become of it.