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Wildflower ID help
Urban Wildlife
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Hi.
Can anyone identify this plant about 3 foot tall by 3 foot across growing in full sun on well drained ground
Cheers
UW
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I think that it is some sort of Eupatorium. Flowers are loved by insects, can be a bit invasive and in my bog garden it grows to about 6 feet tall and i love it.
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S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I agree with Punkdc
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks, might give it a miss if it's invasive but a beatiful plant .
UW
Take a walk along the Wirral Way behind Parkate and you will see how invasive it can be where suited.
I don't find it runs much in my soil, I only have a bog garden in the dormant season. But it does seed everywhere if it gets a chance.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I love it and want some! Does it come in white?
It looks a bit like himalayan balsam to me, or very similar but may not be as its usually taller with hollow stems. If it is get rid, its a pernicious imported weed from the victorian era which is fast becoming and enviromental disaster on any wet ground and on our waterways.
there was an article on this plant on last weeks gardeners world with carol klein - someone grows many different varieties of it -joe pie weed. (not the guy that gows it!! - sorry I'm a bit tired) It grows randomly in my garden too - in amongst my varigated wigelia in particular. I think it likes the support!!
Definately not Himalayan Balsom plenty of that round here flower configuration is very different this has platelets of flower similar to achillea.
Cheers
UW
UW, this one is called Eupatorium cannabinum, Hemp-agrimony. It's a common native plant throughout Europe.
Stacey, they should come in white too (E. can. 'Album'). They are quite hard to find but otherwise you could also try E. perfoliatum.