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  Richard Thornton April 13, 2014 at 8:09pm

  Bindweed?
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  phil@gardenchief.co.uk April 13, 2014 at 8:27pm

  Triffid innit?
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  Jason Conway April 13, 2014 at 9:29pm

  The leaf looks like a genus of clematis. But is that the thick stem in the pic? Do you have any more pics?
  Is it budding
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  Gary RK April 13, 2014 at 9:43pm

  Is that not Old Mans Beard Clematis (or Wild Clematis) ?

  It will likely have got there via self propagation or droppings ?
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  Simon Smith April 13, 2014 at 9:50pm

  i think strange as it may sound it could be a hazel variety, i have seen that frightening mutated looking flat tipped growth before on one and it looks like a death triffid.

  
  The leaf doesn't look right for that though and are those tendrils in the photo?
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  Peter April 13, 2014 at 10:07pm

  Have you contacted the RHS? Maybe they could identify it?
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  Simon Smith April 13, 2014 at 10:10pm

  Claim it quickly as a new variety.

  Vitis Triffidifolium 'Beevor's hybridus'
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  Gary RK April 13, 2014 at 10:16pm

  Old Man's Beard does not have tendrils and is classed as Vine that supports itself by twining around its host;
  
  Plant DB description : Green to Dk green leaves. New stems are deeply ridged, dark purple and green, with silky white hairs near the apex.
  
  Can't make out from photo whether leaves are opposite or alternate?
  
  
  Tom Beevor said:

  It's definitely not any clematis I've ever seen, it doesn't have tendrils, it appears to be twining around the chanomeles it's near in the way a wisteria would. The leaves are nothing like a hazel, they're very dark green and glossy.
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  Gary RK April 13, 2014 at 10:17pm

  lmao !
  
  
  Simon Smith said:

  Claim it quickly as a new variety.

  Vitis Triffidifolium 'Beevor's hybridus'
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  Gary RK April 13, 2014 at 10:25pm

  You're right then it's not ..as I'd expect leaves to be opposite. It was just the ridged, purple coloured stems that took me down that root, but it does grow at a rate of knots and is considered an invasive plant in some countries
  
  
  
  
  Tom Beevor said:

  A new variety sounds good! haha. I'm certain that it isn't old man's beard unfortunately. The pictures aren't the best, but the leaves are alternate and single, unlike old man's beard's (and most clematis, if not all) 3 leaflets to a cluster, oppositely arranged.