A plant that escapes with garden wasteSourced
A discarded garden cutting
can take root outside the garden.
Phedimus spurius is native to areas including Georgia, northern Iran and northeastern Turkey. It has spread from cultivation into parts of Europe, probably through discarded garden material or birds, and can form persistent colonies.
A garden's leftovers
can become a new population.
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