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GilianGilian Posts: 6
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My friend is wondering if this is something  she p!anted or if it's a weed. I know I've seen it before but can't think where or what.

No smell and a very thick stem. imageimage

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  • yorkshirepud1yorkshirepud1 Posts: 1

    It looks a bit like shasta daisy image

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 84,041

    Melianthus?


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





  • niki.normanniki.norman Posts: 10

    Not shasta.  I've been out weeding round mine today, wrong leaves!  It's annoying me, I recognise it but I can't place it!

  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053

    Angelica?

    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 84,041

    Shall I shout it a bit louder .... it looks to me like  MELIANTHUS!!! 

    http://www.bethchatto.co.uk/i-n/melianthus/melianthus-major.htm 

     

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    Last edited: 31 May 2017 16:32:43


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





  • GilianGilian Posts: 6

    Thank you so much folks. I won't take the credit when I tell my friend.  It's funny because everyone I have asked recognised it but couldn't name it.  MELIANTHUS it is then, Dovefromabove. ?

  • GilianGilian Posts: 6

    The mystery is solved now that the plant has flowered. Stem over 6ft tall and lots of buds away to flower. It's a ....... Scabious!image 

  • GilianGilian Posts: 6

    imageHead away to flower looks bigger in this photo.

    Last edited: 11 July 2017 20:38:38

  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,699

    Beautiful. Leaves were very confusing. This one is Cephalaria Gigantea, the giant scabious.

  • GilianGilian Posts: 6

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