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Plant Id
Fiona MacDonald
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Hi folk
can anyone ID this plant? is it a weed(by popular definition)? It's leaves are a bit furry and it is prob .75 m in height
thanks,
fiona
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Does it have a groove down the 'front' of the stalks? If so I think it's
Hogweed - not the dangerous Giant Hogweed - just the ordinary native one that we used to gather to feed our pet rabbits when we were children.
More info here http://www.dalswildlifesite.com/thehogweed.htm
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks dovefromabove. You do know a lot! Are you a professional or is it years of experience? Hogweed, cow parsley, cat mint, dog wood, birdsfoot trefoil. Made me think how many plants have animals in their common names.
I grew up on a farm in very rural Suffolk - agricultural weeds were a major part of my childhood!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
There are a lot of animals aren't there
Ox-eye daisies, cuckoo flower, lsome dogs; daisy, violet,
ragged robin. One could go on indefinitely
But I won't.
Have you seen the seed pods of boirdsfood trefoil? Guess what they look like
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ah hello nutCutlet. I'll have to think of a more interesting username. ???? I've never actually paid much attention to the seed pod but I've looked it up and it is amazingly like a birdsfoot (an abnormal one with extra toes ????).