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ID please

peteSpeteS Posts: 966
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Could someone please ID this. I think it might be a herb of some description, but I can't find any photos of it. Many thanks.
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    If you think it may be a herb, does it have a distinct smell?

    I have salvia Mainacht that look similar.


    Billericay - Essex

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It looks verbascum-ish to me, V. chiaxii looks a bit like that if I leave some of the previous year's old stems.
    If you're sure it's a herb, maybe horseradish?
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Not horseradish but think the same as @JennyJ the leaves look verbascum like.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Definitely not horseradish ... I know that one very well. 

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





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    A Salvia?



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    Salvia Mainacht


    Verbascum - somethingortheother


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I grow S forsskaolii a possible. It does seed about but I can keep it under control. The salvia family is huge, not sure you will get an answer until it flowers.  
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    Definitely a Salvia but too early to tell which one.
    East Anglia
  • peteSpeteS Posts: 966
    Many thanks for your replies, sorry mine is a bit late, but I'm obviously way off the mark with herb. I very vaguely remember ordering a salvia from somewhere, alas no idea where, so I think I will settle for the salvia suggestion and wait with bated breath as to the outcome. But whatever it is, it's growing well.
  • BlueBirderBlueBirder Posts: 212
    @peteS depends on how you define herb! Personally I would include Salvias in 'herbs'... Clary Sage or Wild Sage is in the same genus. But that's just me. Hope your plant stays happy and healthy whatever it turns out to be! 
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