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Help with identifying this triffid!

Potty LottyPotty Lotty Posts: 65
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 sorry on the side but couldn't rotate it for some reason. it has very sharp spines on the underside of the leaf. vigorous growth!

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 84,041

    Teasel http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/species/teasel


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  • Potty LottyPotty Lotty Posts: 65

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     again on the side but closer up, lots of water inside the leaves. No flower seen to be emerging Will it bite me as i naively garden near by??? stands about 3 foot already and been growing only for the last couple of weeks.  

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 16,720

    Teasel. On good ground can go up to eight feet. Well they did in my garden anyway. Thee bees love them in summer, and goldfinches love the seed.

  • Potty LottyPotty Lotty Posts: 65

    thank you dove from above, how exciting! We have a conservation group locally to us called Teasel! Maybe the owner of our garden belonged. This group spends voluntary time making our local habitat more friendly and plant rich. When I have my new garden tamed resonably, I am going to volunteer-might need to gain more knowledge though!!!

  • granmagranma Posts: 1,929

    Leave them through  winter the birds are still picking from mine .

  • Potty LottyPotty Lotty Posts: 65

    will do! in the wrong position though as at front of the raised bed. Might mve it if i get a chance mid/late winter. at potentially in a walk way. will bide my time!

  • Brenda TempleBrenda Temple Posts: 13

    They happily self seed everywhere. The spent seedheads look good in flower arrangements or my 2 year old grandson likes to 'plant' them in the garden!

  • granmagranma Posts: 1,929

    They have quite a tough root, I transplant mine at around the same height as yours are now..    they are a bit sore if y ou catch yourself  , especially your  bare arms.

  • LandlubberLandlubber Posts: 396

    Eight feet high - nearly as big as my basck garden thenimage

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 84,041
    Potty Lotty wrote (see)

    will do! in the wrong position though as at front of the raised bed. Might mve it if i get a chance mid/late winter. at potentially in a walk way. will bide my time!

    Probably no need - teasels are biennials and yours looks as if it's in its second year and going to flower and seed so leave it there over winter for the birds to get the seeds, then it will die and you can pull it up (wear gloves). 

    Watch out for little seedlings around it in the spring, and move them to where you want them to grow.


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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