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geum keenbutgreen
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Please don't tell me it's something evil, as I have it in legion...
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Looks promising!
Hi Geum. It looks very like a globe artichoke at first glance. When the buds open it may be easier to make a proper identification.
Thanks ladybird4 - I'm sure it isn't far off opening so will update once it's arrived
cephalaria gigantea.
Like a giant mutant yellow scabious. Seeds like a demon with huge fat taproots.
Last edited: 23 May 2016 15:21:56
ah, HF, I do have a biggie of those across the other side of the garden - I didn't clock it might be the same thing as these are more stumpy and have turned up in hordes rather than just one.
I don't want any more of them, one is enough
get them out sooner, if you don't want them , rather than later. Remember the big tap root.
This is the border I dug over last year and replanted. Pretty sure that there were about 100 more of these buggers in there, it was like a forest. I had to dig down about a metre
I might have a horrible job ahead of me...
Cheaper than going to the gym though geum
Saw those in a gc today. Glad I didn't buy one!
Oh no... I planted one of those last year. Didn't know about the tap root. What's wrong with me and garden thugs in disguise. ???