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Help identify!
Spiketiger
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So I got this plant seeds as a mystery gift and it grew up beautifully and fast. But I got no clue to what it is. It has not yet blossomed
any ideas?
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Maybe some kind of Impatiens / Busy Lizzie?
I think I'd like to see a few more photos
In the sticks near Peterborough
I would tend to agree with Edd but difficult to be sure.
Thank you so much for replying guys!
here are a few more photos
I think it looks like Pokeweed . I would get it checked out to be sure. Invasive and toxic properties.
I think it probably is though mine don't look like that. Mine lack the red until much later in the season and are taller and less bushy.
as regards toxic, don't eat them but I think in their country of origin they are eaten after having been boiled many times and the water discarded every time. They must be desperate
In the sticks near Peterborough
In the sticks near Peterborough
So my plant started blooming.. and not so sure about the pokeweed anymore, what do you guys think?
Celosia cristata - Cocks comb plant
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Not a Pokeweed LOL. I guess that is one of the things that I like about plants, you can never just be 100%.