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Hogweed or not?

marcmejackmarcmejack Posts: 6
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I've been growing lots from seed this year (not hogweed though)  In two places which I thought was candy-tuft the leaves have sent the shivers down me.  Can anyone id. these plants which have a bristly stem and finger-like leaves?


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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2023
    The leaves look nothing like our common native Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium. 

    They do look a bit similar to Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum … I would be very wary … where did the seeds and/or compost come from?

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





  • marcmejackmarcmejack Posts: 6
    A mix on-line and garden centre including Fothergills, Johnsons and Thompsons.  Compost is my own secret blend (like Col. Saunders of KFC) using Westland as a base.  For the past few months I have watering these two plants.  My Bidens have a slightly similar leaf.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I kept this for future queries about giant hogweed 

    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1073480/0/#Form_Comment
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I'd like to see the whole plant with an indication of size. At the moment I'm not seeing GHW there but open to mind change


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I agree @nutcutlet. The pic is quite confusing. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2023
    @marcmejack  … When you say you bought some seeds online, would that be via EBay?

    When you say you’ve made your own compost mix, would that include any stuff you’ve gathered from elsewhere and composted yourself? 

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





  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Dovefromabove said:
    The leaves look nothing like our common native Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium. 

    They do look a bit similar to Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum … I would be very wary … where did the seeds and/or compost come from?
    Definitely not Heracleum  mantegazzianum.....common name giant hogweed.  
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    "Silver surfer"   What do you think of this as a possibility ?

    https://worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001069123#:~:text=Plants 60–100%20cm%20tall.%20Root%20cylindrical.%20Stem%20solitary%2C,margins%20sharply%20serrate.%20Cauline%20leaves%20gradually%20reduced%20upward. 

    given the description and the possibility that if the seeds came via EBay there are lots of reports of ‘odd stuff’ being sent from China. 


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





  • marcmejackmarcmejack Posts: 6
    Here is a baby poking through the gravel.


  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    It’s probably wrong but it reminds me very much of cosmos sulphureus.
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