????Does everyone have a plant that just sets them off? With me its spurge! Unless you want to be pulling these things out of your garden forever Surfchaser, get rid now. Oh dear, I believe my paranoia is getting the better of me, I amsure my neighbour only grows these things to irritate me.
Or maybe he just likes them?
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
Thanks Bob the gardener and all others .It is definitely ironweed. It has taken me six years to find its name. It is a beautiful plant you should all try it. Thanks again.
Mine just appeared in a very rough dry piece of ground where I had thrown wildflower seeds the year before. I assume it was in those seeds. I have not given it any attention but it just seems to thrive and come back every year. It is now two large plants of about seven foot with massive deep purple flowers about nine inches across . I will transplant it to a clump of golden rod as they flower the same time.
Thanks landfill100 . Yes I have been able to look it up now that I have a name. As it's a strong plant I will try to propagate this winter and use it with some other Autumn flowerers in a big sweep in my prairie garden. I love the plant as it is unlike any other and the colour is so intense. It must have grown from some wildflower seeds I had in the area it has grown. My good fortune.
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????Does everyone have a plant that just sets them off? With me its spurge! Unless you want to be pulling these things out of your garden forever Surfchaser, get rid now. Oh dear, I believe my paranoia is getting the better of me, I amsure my neighbour only grows these things to irritate me.
Or maybe he just likes them?
Can anyone identify this purple perennial seven foot tall plant with flower the size of a plate?
Margaret Roberts3 - I think that may be Veronia (aka Ironweed.)
Yes it is Ironweed, Vernonia a member of the ater family. Lovely plant
Never seen that before. It looks lovely.
Thanks Bob the gardener and all others .It is definitely ironweed. It has taken me six years to find its name. It is a beautiful plant you should all try it. Thanks again.
I did try it Margaret but it didn't do very well. I might give it another try, I know my soil better now and can pick the right place
In the sticks near Peterborough
Mine just appeared in a very rough dry piece of ground where I had thrown wildflower seeds the year before. I assume it was in those seeds. I have not given it any attention but it just seems to thrive and come back every year. It is now two large plants of about seven foot with massive deep purple flowers about nine inches across . I will transplant it to a clump of golden rod as they flower the same time.
It's not a native British wild flower, it comes from North America and is a member of the Asteraceae family (daisy).
Thanks landfill100 . Yes I have been able to look it up now that I have a name. As it's a strong plant I will try to propagate this winter and use it with some other Autumn flowerers in a big sweep in my prairie garden. I love the plant as it is unlike any other and the colour is so intense. It must have grown from some wildflower seeds I had in the area it has grown. My good fortune.
Thanks Margaret3