I haven't pulled this rather large specimen out of my garden yet as I thought it might have been a foxglove...... and then the flowers it started developing are all wrong
Panda, I have a vague (very vague) memory of you getting one of those big (huge) yellow daisy-type thingies last year - can't remember what they're called - where's Nut?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Have checked out Verbascum and I would say it's a definate no. Have also checked out elecampane and it looks almost there but I think the leaves are wrong....
Panda - You should definitely get a gardening notebook to record plant names / care regimes / planting plans etc as you develop your garden. That way you know what things are when the labels have long since disappeared / faded etc
I have just such a book for exactly this purpose. I made about 2 entries in it 2 years and about 200 plants ago - still, all good intentions eh?...
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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I wonder if it's an elecampane?...not that I've ever seen one, just a guess
Panda, I have a vague (very vague) memory of you getting one of those big (huge) yellow daisy-type thingies last year - can't remember what they're called - where's Nut?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
could it be a verbascum type? what height is it?
It's about 3 foot tall and about 2 foot wide at the bottom Cathy
Did I Dove? It certainly wasn't that big when I got it
Have checked out Verbascum and I would say it's a definate no. Have also checked out elecampane and it looks almost there but I think the leaves are wrong....
My first thought was Inula. Looking online, Inula magnifica seems pretty similar, leaf-wise.
That's what I was thinking of - I'm pretty sure you got one last year from somewhere Panda
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That looks pretty good WillDB
Guess I should write down what I get from places Dove
Panda - You should definitely get a gardening notebook to record plant names / care regimes / planting plans etc as you develop your garden. That way you know what things are when the labels have long since disappeared / faded etc
I have just such a book for exactly this purpose. I made about 2 entries in it 2 years and about 200 plants ago
- still, all good intentions eh?... 
I think I've got one of those Topbird, a gift from some friends . . . . only I've never used it
Ssshhh 
don't tell them 