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Plant ID - Mystery Perennial

PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
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Does anyone recognise this plant please?  It's a division from a plant which a friend bought at Sissinghurst some time ago but can't remember the name or whether it flowers!  Thank you.







Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    edited May 2023
    Well it looks like a seedling of Eryngium giganteum. (Miss wilmotts ghost). Its a biennial, flowers in the second year then dies, scattering seeds forever more. Mine is spreading into the lawn, although mowing finishes it. The flowering stalk looks nothing like the first year leaves.

  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Thank you very much @fidgetbones, that sounds like one to avoid!  
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    A gorgeous thing … if you have the space for it. 💚 

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





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Wonderful plant. Mine don't spread too much seed, so don't really cause a problem.
    Those leaves would also fit for some of the other Eryngiums.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Bumble bees love it, flowering in August,  its easy to remove if you have too many.

  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Thank you for your replies @Dovefromabove, @punkdoc and @fidgetbones, I’m warming to it now and am going to find a good place for it!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


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