Can you identify this plant I am growing

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  August 2018

  yvonne.lynskey said:

  I thought I was planting Eycolyptus trees but someone said that is not what they are!! 

  Maybe that "someone" said they were not Eycolyptus but Eucalyptus? Not a gardening problem but a spelling problem.

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  August 2018

  Do you have a photo?

  Devon.

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• yvonne.lynskey Posts: 12

  August 2018

  Sorry meant to add photo it went to wrong area. 

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  August 2018

  Thanks for the photo. They don't look like Eucalyptus to me. Where did you get them from? Did they not come with a label? Did you sow them? Does the foliage have any particular smell?
  

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  August 2018

  they look like echium to me.

  Devon.

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• yvonne.lynskey Posts: 12

  August 2018

  I was given some seeds which had the aroma of eucalyptus and they came from some 30' trees.  I am sure they didn't get mixed up with some other seeds. I have some left so will try again. These plants however are doing great in my greenhouse just don't know what they are. Do you know? 

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• yvonne.lynskey Posts: 12

  August 2018

  Hostafan1 said:

  they look like echium to me. Thanks for that I will look at some images thankyou

  
  

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  August 2018

  https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=echium+pininana+seedlings&rlz=1C1CHFX_en-gbGB480GB480&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXpcm_svvcAhXLKlAKHSWaBZwQsAR6BAgBEAE&biw=1517&bih=688
  
  Google image of echium pininana seedlings

  Devon.

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• yvonne.lynskey Posts: 12

  August 2018

  Hostafan1 said:

  https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=echium+pininana+seedlings&rlz=1C1CHFX_en-gbGB480GB480&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXpcm_svvcAhXLKlAKHSWaBZwQsAR6BAgBEAE&biw=1517&bih=688
  
  Google image of echium pininana seedlings

  
  Had a look at echium different leaves here is a close up of some larger ones I planted on

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  August 2018

  there's also a hint of Oenothera in places but not Eucalyptus or any sort of tree. No tree starts with a basal rosette of leaves

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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