ID for tall flowering plant.
Anyone recognise the plant in the pic's. It came from a box of so-called wildflower seed last year and quite a lot of them have appeared. Sorry about the quality of the pic's, I've edited pictures of other plants to get them.
They're fast-growing and tall, 1m+ in some cases. They have a group of small 'tubular flower buds in a small group at the top of the stem. The flowers are blue.
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Green alkanet?
Looks a bit like a mullein.
Here are some much better pictures. I went into the garden earlier and one has flowered.
That's Hesperis Matronalis - Sweet Rocket - a beautiful perfume that fills the garden on a warm evening and makes you stand still in your tracks!
One of my favourites
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Think so Edd ..... yes, Wicki says "... It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask violet, dame's-violet,1] dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflower, rogue's gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, mother-of-the-evening and winter gilliflower...."
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
He did say the flowers were blue!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to everyone who replied, and thanks Dove for the positive ID. I have no idea why I said blue when I meant write lilac! Not enough sleep is my excuse.