No idea, nothing springing to mind from your description - maybe others will recognise it, but I'd like a photo.

Photo and size? Could be chickweed if it's small, don't know, if it's big. I've never noticed a smell from chickweed though.

Try this site. Lots of pictures : http://tinyurl.com/69k23a
Lotsaluck...

that's what's foxing me, Beattie - the only weed I know that stinks is Herb Robert - and the description might suggest one of the small bindweeds, but no smell with those.

I think Shirley putting a photo up here is likely to give her n answer more quickly than trawling through that site Panny.

Houttuynia cordata?

Possibly... wasn't aware it smelt awful but I suppose it could. If Beattie is right it isn't a 'weed' just a rather rampant garden plant.

Reckon you're spot on, Beattie - and yes, it does stink... extremely invasive and will grow from a piece of root less than quarter inch long...

*cheesy grin*! Perhaps Shirley could google for pics and see if they match? :-) I wasn't aware that Houttuynia smelt awful either MG, but that sort of thing is quite subjective.

I can't seem to keep this plant alive - I've planted it a number of times but it just fades away on me. On reading other people's experiences with it, I guess I've been lucky.

Clearly a very evasive weed.

lol

Thanks Vincent! I wondered whether to mention it! Houttuynia evades me, anyway :-)

Now, there was I being tactful and not mentioning the evasive bit... Shirley, you mean invasive I think.