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Here (I hope) is an easy id

purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
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When I moved the Agapanthus, and planted Alliums, I moved this too. As an inherited plant don't know it's name. It dies back to the ground and grows this big each year. Could you knowledgeable people out there name it for me? Much thanks in advance.😁
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  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Please don't quote me as I use this forum like an on-line quiz to improve my flower recognition! But I'm going to guess at Delphinium?
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • valerierobertsvalerieroberts Posts: 726
    delphinium or acontium? More knowledge members with be There for you soon. Val  
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think that's an aconitum. 

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





  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Definitely not a delphinium. Just about to look up the other.😁well Dove you get the star as I was looking up one and found that it's an Acontium Napellus or Aconite! 😁
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    I thought delphinium but Valerie might be right with aconitum. Not so easy after all!
  • valerierobertsvalerieroberts Posts: 726
    Acontiums are very poisonous. Every part of it.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Bummer! Back to the drawing board  :(  :/
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Here is a closer pic of the flower Herbaceous so you will know next time.😁

  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Thank you Purpleallim, I can see the difference in the leaves now  :'(  not going to make that mistake again! Who am I kidding........

    Actually grew some annuals from seed this year which have no culinary purpose, I say yay for this lovely forum.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
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