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Could this be hops?

purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
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Hubby walking to station this morning saw this growing through a hedge, he asks is it hops?
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Yes
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes


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





  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Seems an odd thing to be growing on the side of the road in a hedge.🤔
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Beer anyone🍺😋😁
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    It's a native (or possibly naturalised) plant and just the sort of thing to be growing through a native hedge


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Its on the edge of what was a farm before it was built on (heavy horses) amazing it's still there 30 years later. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I see loads of hops growing wild in hedgerows all over East Anglia ... local folk used to use them to brew beer back in the day.   We also used to go out and gather them to decorate the local pub when in lived in a more rural spot. 

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





  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Never seen hops before in Lincolnshire and I have travelled all over , and never spotted hops elsewhere, but maybe not been looking at the right time of year.😁
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Spent most of my childhood playing in hedgerows and dry ditches  :)

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





  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    Plenty in the hedgerows down in hampshire too.
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