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What is this ?

pincushionpincushion Posts: 69
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Hi all
Can anyone recognize this plant, it has been quietly growing throughout the summer months, The plant is soft in texture, Thanks in advance
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    No pic😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • pincushionpincushion Posts: 69

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Mullein.  It's biennial so next year should produce a very tall stem with yellow flowers
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/18807/verbascum-thapsus/details

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • pincushionpincushion Posts: 69
    A freeby from the birds, Thanks, Shall look forward to it
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If you want to keep it I would dig it up and plant it at the back if the border,  they’re huge, the flower spike can be up to 7’ in height and very thick and heavy. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • pincushionpincushion Posts: 69
    Thankyou Lyn, Much appreciated
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    edited September 2022
    Watch out for mullein moth caterpillars. They are black and yellow and can shred the leaves of verbascum.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • pincushionpincushion Posts: 69
    I shall do, Thanks
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I let them grow wherever they will especially for the Mullein Moth Caterpillar,  the Moth is a good source of food for bats,  which we have plenty of in the loft. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @pincushion If you do decide to move it take care easy to damage the tap root.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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