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mwmur111f-LdyScVmwmur111f-LdyScV Posts: 4
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A plant has sprung up quite suddenly but don't remember planting it. It's low growing so far. I wonder if anyone knows what it is? It doesn't look like any of the normal weeds I get in the garden. Many thanks, M
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  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    edited June 2022
    It looks like hogweed to me, but see what others think.

    Second thoughts, it has more leaflets than hogweed? 
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    No, I don't think it is hogweed. It looks familiar but I can't identify it.
    Maybe @nutcutlet will know?
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    How about ragwort?
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    For a wild moment l thought it was geum urbanum, but l think it was the second photo pointing me in that direction .
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    edited June 2022
    A long time ago I grew centaurea 'John Coutts'. It sprouted from the ground in similar fashion to the first photo. It was one of those plants with two types of foliage if I remember rightly. I thought of it when I first saw the post, but looking on Google I can't see a picture of juvenile foliage, so really can't say for sure.  It's a long shot as it's such a long time since I grew it.

    Edited to add: I'm probably looking for a silk purse in a sow's ear......
    I'm not really familiar with ragwort, but maybe it's that, as @Liriodendron suggests.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2022
    Not Hogweed, not ragwort, not Geum urbanum … 

    but what it is 🤔 … where’s @nutcutlet?

    I’ll have a look in my trusty Keeble-Martin… but without a flower …??? 

    I can’t think of anything where the leaves change quite like that …

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





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Valerian officinalis springs to mind but not sure why … 😵‍💫

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





  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Back of leaf appears to be a whitish silver?
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I think @Woodgreen is close with the Centaurea, seeing the whole thing in one pic would be good


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I think that is it @nutcutlet I knew the leaf well but just could not place it.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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