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Plant identification

DirtymonkeyDirtymonkey Posts: 37
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Can anyone tell me what this is please?.

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I would say that's an Echinops, globe thistle. If it is, it'll be obvious when the flowers start to come out.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • DirtymonkeyDirtymonkey Posts: 37
    Thank goodness for that.  Was worried it was Jimsonweed.
    Thank you @JennyJ.  😉
  • DirtymonkeyDirtymonkey Posts: 37
    edited June 2021
    Should the tops look like this?. 
    The light colours are the underside of the leaves, but they are clumped. 
  • Victoria SpongeVictoria Sponge Posts: 3,502
    Mine have tufts like that, they should just unfurl on their own.
    Wearside, England.
  • DirtymonkeyDirtymonkey Posts: 37
    Thanks @Victoria Sponge.
    Never grown this plant before!.
  • Victoria SpongeVictoria Sponge Posts: 3,502
    I've bought some fancy ones in the past that didn't do very well but then I grew a huge ragged type from seed and they look after themselves.  If I dig them up to move I always snap the root and end up with two.  Bees like them.
    Wearside, England.
  • DirtymonkeyDirtymonkey Posts: 37
    Ahh.  Can't to see what they turn out like.
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