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mystery roots

Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
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I made a cutting garden, a few years back,a   couple of years ago, this plant appeared, bright green leaves a bit like a large parlsey or coriander, no flowers, every year its got bigger.  I dug it out earlier this year (or so I thought!) the underground roots are cream edged with pink, and HUGE, some 6 inches in diameter,they go under everything else in the bed.  They have a very slight lemony sort of smell, unfortunately, I dont have any means of putting a picture on here, and havent kept them.  Hubby thinks its "something" I have planted in there.  The only thing I ever planted, they didnt come up were 3 chrysanthimums from Sarah Raven, but the leaves are nothing like that.He said leave them and see what came up, but they were taking over the whole bed, smothering everything else.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If you have no pics do you have a crystal ball we could borrow?  Think that’s the best option ... 😉 

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





  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    I'm only hazarding a guess here @Nanny Beach but could it be cow parsley? That forms a huge tap root.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Going with Ladybird's suggestion, could it be Anthriscus sylvestris "Ravenswing" ?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Cow parsley round here has flowers.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    definitely not ravenswing, have got that in another part of the garden, no, not cow parsely either, not tall enough, and no flowers, yes, Dove, I know i was asking for a miracle, but I thought as it was Easter!!!!  I did ask my daughter about taking pics, she said she needed the cable (which she didnt have) from her phone to the PC.  I got all ecited yesterday(doesnt take much) neighbour was saying about his parsnips seeding everywhere, leaves looked similar, but of course the roots and leaves just smell of parnsips, not lemon like mine.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Actually, I DO have a crhystal ball, in my bedroom windowsill!   Honestly.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    😂 miracles eh!?!?!?!

    It’s a plant ... it must have flowers of some sort... keep watching and then get your daughter and her cable so we can see a pic. 

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





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Just a thought ... what about Lovage 

    https://tamarorganics.co.uk/product/lovage-p

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





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Be careful with any glass on a sunny window sill. They can act as a magnifying glass and start a 🔥
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    deffo no flowers ever Dove, daughter, not sure when she will next be up, shes an 80 mile round trip, and at work, (I had the grandkids for the school holiday) she collected them on Friday.
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