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Plant ID please

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  • Wanna be GardnerWanna be Gardner Posts: 66

    THANK YOU  And Happy Gardening today...

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Hi Wanna be, that's Euphorbia lathyris, one of the finest specimens I've seenimage

    Wacht the white sap  that comes off if you cut it, it burns for want of a better word. and if you don't want a forest of them don't let it seed.

    It's a biennial



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LesleyKLesleyK Posts: 4,029

    A very healthy looking euphorbia.  I'm just starting to see their merits and will try more varieties. Do wear gloves when working with them as nutcutlet says.

    What is the feathery leaved plant on the right?  It looks familiar but....image

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,614

    The feathery things look like escholtzia- californian poppy

  • LesleyKLesleyK Posts: 4,029

    Thanks fidgetimage  I should have known as they pop up all round the garden and are always welcome.

  • Wanna be GardnerWanna be Gardner Posts: 66

    Thank you All. I will let my Dad know as this is growing in his garden/Allotment.

    Have lovely day

  • yarrow2yarrow2 Posts: 782

    Wow!  What a beautiful shape and so healthy looking.  Envious of that.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Lovely isn't itimage

    Mine are always tall and gawky and fall over when the wind cuts across the fenimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,614

    That's a bit of a prize specimen of a weed. Have  you been feeding it?

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