I think nutcutlet is right - the flower buds look identical if you extract the photo and blow it up in an external image viewer. I wish they'd fix the photos on the site so we can just click them to zoom-in, like we used to be able to.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Knapweeds have tight, dark, upright buds at the top of the stem, you can see them in Busy-Lizzie's photo. This plant has the buds of multiple flowers emerging and dangling between leaf and stalk. You're right Bob, it would be really nice to be able to see them clearly.
Thanks for all your replies! it's definatly not lungwort ( I have loads of that), & knapweed just doesn't look quite right, I think it is probably compfrey? it's growing in the veggie patch so it would make sense, I guess it'll be one of those wait & see what it is moments!! ( I quite like those!) I will let you know once the flowers come
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Lovely plant but not for small gardens or the tidy minded
In the sticks near Peterborough
Agree with BusyLizzie-looks like knapweed to me. Centaurea. It's quite common round here and it's just at that stage now despite the cold weather.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think nutcutlet is right - the flower buds look identical if you extract the photo and blow it up in an external image viewer. I wish they'd fix the photos on the site so we can just click them to zoom-in, like we used to be able to.
Knapweeds have tight, dark, upright buds at the top of the stem, you can see them in Busy-Lizzie's photo. This plant has the buds of multiple flowers emerging and dangling between leaf and stalk. You're right Bob, it would be really nice to be able to see them clearly.
In the sticks near Peterborough
hi guys,
Thanks for all your replies! it's definatly not lungwort ( I have loads of that), & knapweed just doesn't look quite right, I think it is probably compfrey? it's growing in the veggie patch so it would make sense, I guess it'll be one of those wait & see what it is moments!! ( I quite like those!) I will let you know once the flowers come