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jnelsonjnelson Posts: 32
can anyone identify this plant for me please, it's growing beside the stream in my village
many thanks

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,773
    edited April 2020
    Butterbur ... https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/discover-wild-plants-nature/plant-fungi-species/butterbur 

    It grew in a similar spot in the village where I grew up ... I love it ... it always makes me smile.  It means spring's here as much as the primroses  and celandines do.  :)

    And you've got celandines there too  :)
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • jnelsonjnelson Posts: 32
    thanks dovefromabove, just checked it out, this is the first time I've seen this, it's lovely, is it suitable for gardens or too invasive ?

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,773
    Too invasive for most gardens sadly ... if you had a water meadow with a river bank I'd go for it, but not in a 'normal' garden.  

    There are 'ornamental forms' sold by the plantsmen, but they too are huge and rampant
    and best grown by places like Heligan and other places with 'acreage to suit' like stately homes etc. 
    https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants.cfm?pl_id=3172

    Those of us who love and appreciate them just have to encourage others to see their beauty in the wild so they're not viewed as weeds and sprayed into extinction.  
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • jnelsonjnelson Posts: 32
    thanks and as I don't have a water meadow or vast acreage will just have to appreciate them in the wlld 😊
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