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Hosta or Weed?

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  • Icannot bear to pull out self seeded foxgloves. They pop up in the most hostile places that you have to admire their tenacity. Sometimes it can surprise you how good they look even if it wasn't in the original planting plan.

  • hi looks like self seeded foxgloves to me. I love them as it's good fun to watch the bee's go in the flowers then fall as the flower falls.

  • russianmamarussianmama Posts: 24

    Good weed supressant! Does well in shady part of garden, likes it moist. Enjoy! Good

     luck with your gardening!

  • Tropical SamTropical Sam Posts: 1,488
    sciencegirl wrote (see)

    Icannot bear to pull out self seeded foxgloves. They pop up in the most hostile places that you have to admire their tenacity. Sometimes it can surprise you how good they look even if it wasn't in the original planting plan.

    Neither can I! I love seeing them grow in walls or silly places. People walk past them all the time without realising what the plant is. I do tend to give seedling the benefit of doubt which means that I can end up with lots of weeds, but it is all part of the garden picture.

  • Excitable BoyExcitable Boy Posts: 165
    blairs wrote (see)
    sciencegirl wrote (see)

    Icannot bear to pull out self seeded foxgloves. They pop up in the most hostile places that you have to admire their tenacity. Sometimes it can surprise you how good they look even if it wasn't in the original planting plan.

    Neither can I! I love seeing them grow in walls or silly places. People walk past them all the time without realising what the plant is. I do tend to give seedling the benefit of doubt which means that I can end up with lots of weeds, but it is all part of the garden picture.

    I know the feeling. We have lots of valerian growing in our garden walls and it is such an attractive plant we can't bear to pull it out.

  • figratfigrat Posts: 1,619
    Beware valerian in walls - the roots get very large and can wreak havoc. I've got a walled garden and speak from experience. Having walls rebuilt can be very expensive. English Heritage won't have it anywhere on their sites.
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