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What is this plant please?

NewGreenieNewGreenie Posts: 20
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Hello 

Does anyone know what this is? Thanks, 
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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Possibly Centaurea macrocephala.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • diy queendiy queen Posts: 5
    looks like an artichoke to me
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Def. not Artichoke, wrong leaves.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • diy queendiy queen Posts: 5
    just looked it up, if its a globe artichoke it with develop a purple hue and grow a purple flower; at which point it's no longer edible, if it grows a yellow flower its the Centaurea macrocephala which will grow to 1.7m and is not edible, the artichoke grows to 1.5m
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Not a globe artichoke … absolutely definitely not. 😊 

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





  • rachelQrtJHBjbrachelQrtJHBjb Posts: 819
    I'm with @punkdoc on this. Not an artichoke.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I also agree   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    punkdoc said:
    Possibly Centaurea macrocephala.
    I would go with that as well.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Lyn said:
    punkdoc said:
    Possibly Centaurea macrocephala.
    I would go with that as well.
    So would I. 😊 

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





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    I would also say it's a Centaurea and probably the one pdoc mentioned.  Easier to tell once the flowers open. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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