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General Topics => Gardening Section => Topic started by: KKOB on July 16, 2016, 09:16:19 AM

Title: Name that plant
Post by: KKOB on July 16, 2016, 09:16:19 AM
Can anyone tell me the botanical or common name for these plants please ?

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Title: Re: Name that plant
Post by: BernieTeyze on July 16, 2016, 09:20:09 AM
Red hot pokers look like that first don't they??? or hollyhocks..OK so im guessing ;D
Title: Re: Name that plant
Post by: Colwyn on July 16, 2016, 09:30:04 AM
How about Verbascum thapsus (Common Mullein). If I look out of my front window I can see a couple across the road in my neighbour's garden where the soil had been disturbed in the Spring by Virgin Media digging a trench to lay cable. They are about 7ft high.
Title: Re: Name that plant
Post by: Colwyn on July 16, 2016, 09:37:28 AM
Should have said Spring 2015 since it is a biennial plant.
Title: Re: Name that plant
Post by: KKOB on July 16, 2016, 09:42:35 AM
Thanks for your erm........ help, Bernie.  ;)

Well done Colwyn. Thank you.
Title: Re: Name that plant
Post by: buzz58 on July 16, 2016, 10:07:48 AM
I have 2 of these growing in my back garden,i also wondered what they are,look a bit like yellow fox gloves,we have recently disturbed the soil in that area,we are building a wall,know they aren't red hot pokers,we have those .
Title: Re: Name that plant
Post by: KKOB on July 16, 2016, 10:14:18 AM
Good to know that each plant produces about a quarter of a million seeds and that they can survive in the soil for up to 100 years. Oh well, they're good for bees and butterflies apparently.
Title: Re: Name that plant
Post by: KKOB on July 16, 2016, 13:03:50 PM
I have 2 of these growing in my back garden,i also wondered what they are,look a bit like yellow fox gloves

Yes, we thought at first that they were foxgloves until they just kept on getting taller and the flower spikes appeared.