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Please help me identify this
This plant appeared some weeks back in one flower bed. I have pulled up 40 or so and left one to get bigger so I had something for identification.
They have now stared appearing in the lawn edges. The roots go really deep and I have been unable to get to the root without disloging all the plants in the bed.
Can anyone give me a name for it please?
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Well I have to say that it looks very much like celeriac but I couldn't swear that that is what it is. Very mysterious.
Does it smell like celeriac?
In the sticks near Peterborough
It is mysterious, Ladybird. I am new to gardening and haven't seen it in the garden before now. I've definitely not planted any celeriac seeds.
The root is now very thick - and is down deeper than my trowel can reach. I'm glad I pulled up so many seedlings when they came up - they were easier to get out then.
Nutcutlet, I din't notice any celery type smell when digging it out of the lawn edges. I will check again tomorrow.
I don't grow celeriac but I don't think the leave look like that. More like celery or parsnip
In the sticks near Peterborough
Alex can you leave one to develop - then if we can see the flowers might get more clues :-)
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I may be well off the mark but could this be well established mirabilis? I was going by the large wood-like tuber/root on one of the pictures. They self seed easily but the original plants do survive a not too cold winter and grow quite big.
Hello AlexX did any of your mystery plants get to the flowering stage? I still think they are mirabilis. Most of mine are now in flower/bud. I bought 4 tubers (actually got 5) from Poundland last year, supposed to be mixed colours. I only had yellow and white, and kept collected seeds colours separate. This year I have yellow and white as expected but also a lovely pink one. (and that's magic!) I hope you have been lucky enough to have yours in flower as I think they are lovely flowers. Let us know how they got on, or did you decide to dig them all up?
Now I reckon that that was a Phytolaca americana plant.