does anyone know what it is??
hi,
I have started working in a garden which has lots of these plants in them, & I'm not sure what they are, I'm thinking they are some kind of echium? but not pininana's, which I have too!
If any one knows what they are I'd be very grateful.
There is lots of last years (dead) growth laying around them which is about just over a metre.
thanks in advance
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Is there a photo Jc?
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Sorry thought the pictures had gone through!!!
The pics are a bit small and my eyes are a bit old. But echiums are mostly if not always biennial, this looks like a perennial. Possibly one of the comphreys.
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Thanku for your reply nutcutlet, yes it is a perennial ( have got big fat roots!) but the leaves are slightly furry I thought comphrey's were smooth?
They're quite rough. not smooth at all, not sure about the furry. It's a bit dark out there now but I'll go and take a pick of mine tomorrow. I have the big native one , (officinalis) the blue one and a little whitish one, but it's not that.
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Couldn't be a centurea could it? Perennial cornflower.
Or pulmonaria (lungwort)? Tiny blue, pink or whit flowers? Some leaves might be spotted...
My guess is Comfrey. Take a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfrey
I think it's this one, one of the blue comphreys. Never really worked out which one for sure.
This is it later on
Beautiful blue, bit invasive.
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Great compost accelerator/plant feed though! And the bees love comfrey.