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Giant hogweed - and others!

Anthony1974Anthony1974 Posts: 3
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hi hope you guys can help me please!

I have 1/2 acre land and large garden in our home.
We moved in October , so now spring-summer  is here I’m seeing all the plants and trees in their glory.

however I have hogweed and cow parsley ? Possibly hemlock if I believe Google’s photo translation search feature!

I’ve enclosed some photos of the ones I’m referring to and hopefully I can get help to identify more as I go along?  as I’m disabled I can’t spend hours in the garden. 

We are having raised beds and raised beds in polytunnel chickens and then other nice areas for sitting with as little concrete and artificial constructs as possible . 

Will be focused very much on wildlife and as I’m in a rural area surrounded by welsh & west Shropshire hills it is a beautiful setting. 

But first I don’t want to get hurt or others get hurt if these are potentially harmful. 

Thanks again! 


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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2023
    You have cow parsley 

    https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/wild-flowers/cow-parsley/ 

    and Common Hogweed 
    https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/hogweed 

    I’ve picked huge amounts of both since childhood… first for pet rabbits and later for my herd of dairy goats. 

    Common Hogweed can cause a bit of a rash on very sensitive skin but I’ve picked it bare armed and bare legged with no problems. 

    Certainly nothing to worry about. 

    Enjoy your life in the countryside, and welcome  to the forum.  Do feel free to ask if you’re  not sure of anything 😊 

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





  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Not giant hogweed.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    There's no mistaking giant hogweed when you see it @Anthony1974 - it makes ordinary hogweed look like a little tiddler by comparison. It towers over everything around it.  ;)

    Hopefully you won't have that later though  :)
      
    I agree with @Dovefromabove with the others - cow parsley is a great plant at  this time of year, but it does seed around, so you find you have quite a lot of it ! Both excellent for pollinators too. 
    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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