Hogweed ...

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  July 2022

  I'd like to plant it in my garden 
  

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• gazwilson194 Posts: 34

  July 2022

  Do you want your slippers? maybe a nice cup of tea?

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  July 2022

  I don't think it's a problem @gazwilson194, unless your dog intended eating lots of it - which I presume is unlikely!
  The standard hogweed isn't as 'potent' as the giant one, so although the sap can still be an irritant [for humans and animals]  it's not as severe. 

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  July 2022

  All you need to know here 
  https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1066939/is-this-giant-hogweed/p1 
  

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

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• gazwilson194 Posts: 34

  July 2022

  Thanks Dove, that's cleared it up for me, we get lots of the not so nice giant stuff around here as well ....

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  July 2022 edited July 2022

  Steer clear of giants … they’re not all BFGs 😉 
  
  
  

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

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  July 2022

  gazwilson194 said:

  Do you want your slippers? maybe a nice cup of tea?

  
  Hogweed is a beautiful plant
  

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• ShepherdsBarn Posts: 401

  July 2022

  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! 😂

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  July 2022 edited July 2022

  You don’t like it? 

  
  

  
  

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• ShepherdsBarn Posts: 401

  July 2022

  Yes, I agree ... but you don't generally see the pretty flowers as they are too high and the foliage, in my opinion, is one of the ugliest! If only there was a 'fairy hogweed', it might be more appreciated. However, I have LOADS in my unruly/unkept garden. 😳🙄😅 At least the bees love them. 🐝

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