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Is this giant hogweed?

claireluclairelu Posts: 2

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I would be grateful if one could identify if this plant is the poisonous giant hogweed. 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I don't think that's any sort of hogweed, or anything else in that family.

    Looks like a thistle or echinops



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    Yes, I agree with Nut ...  not hogweed .... most likely an echinops. 


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





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    I agree with them. 

    Last edited: 16 June 2017 12:51:08

    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    That's reassuring Hosta image

    We don't eat poisonous potato seeds, rhubarb leaves and daffodils either ... many plants are poisonous

    Last edited: 16 June 2017 12:54:18


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





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    One wonders how the human race has survived so long with all these killers loose in our gardens.

    Devon.
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