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Mystery plan doing well

tunnietunnie Posts: 11
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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/803897/Dashwood%20Close/Garden/2015-05-25%2013.02.26.jpg

 

This has sprung up. Worth keeping?

The wife is keen for it to go, but if it flowers well, should be kept I think. 

 

 

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  • tunnietunnie Posts: 11

    Thanks for the response. Just checked. Rough and hairy 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    That seems a likely ID pansyfaceimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • gardenninggrannygardenninggranny Posts: 803

    yes - a tall sunflower of the old-fashioned type - great at the back of a border, which reminds me, mine need moving further back.

  • tunnietunnie Posts: 11

    Excellent. Thanks. I'll keep it. image

  • paulk2paulk2 Posts: 184

    Hi

    [this is my first post]

    I've been trying to ID your plant as I have one in my garden - I believe that it's an Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circaea_lutetiana

    and

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/Advice/Profile?PID=781

    I'm waiting for mine to flower before confirming - if it is the Enchanter's Nightshade, then I'll be removing it!

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Hi Paul, welcome to the forum.

    Can't agree with your ID though. I have that stuffimage and know it very well



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • paulk2paulk2 Posts: 184

    Thanks and fair enough! image

    If it is a type of helianthus, do you have any idea which type it would be and it's final height?

    Sorry to have semi-hijacked the thread - it's hard to assess the height of the plant from the initial image: the one I have in my garden looks identical to this and is ~30cm high and a small terminal bud flower head is now slowly forming.

  • gardenninggrannygardenninggranny Posts: 803

    if it's the "common or garden" one it will be tall - around four foot in my garden - one of those tough as old boots sort of plants!

  • paulk2paulk2 Posts: 184

    I've taken an image of what is in my garden which I thought was an identical plant to the image posted by tunnie...

    image

    as you can see, the leaves on mine are very similar but I now can tell the stem is a different colour and also is smooth and hairless.

    Here is a view of the growing tip...

    image

    so is mine a helianthus or Enchanter's Nightshade or something else and more importantly, did yours turn out to be a helianthus tunnie?

     

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Not enchanter's nightshade for sure.

    Have doubts about helianthus as well

    Looks familiar but that's allimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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