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Been asked what this is.

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I thought it might have been a native hellebore corsicus or foetidus?
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited August 2020
    Lizzie27 said:
    I thought it might have been a native hellebore corsicus or foetidus?
    Leaves of Helleborus are very different.

    Helleborus argutifolius /syn Helleborus corsicus......common name holly leaf Helleborus.....not a UK Native..comes from Sardinia and Corsica.
    Leaves are evergreen, composed of three spiny-toothed dark green leaflets.
    So leaves would still be green and fresh even now.

    Pic below Helleborus argutifolius.


    Pics below Helleborus foetidus.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    My guess would be Digitalis lutea.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    Since the plant is on a very narrow bit of border between a steep wall and a Pyracantha hedge where there is only room for one of my feet I shall have to wait until next year when it flowers to take another photo.
    I thought D. mertonensis had pink flowers?
    Thanks for the efforts folks, very grateful.
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    How about Digitalis grandiflora?
    East Anglia
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    How about a white Comfrey which has also been suggested.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Okay, I'm definitely wrong about the helleborus!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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