Are these weeds?

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• Buttercupdays Posts: 4,546

  May 2017

  In a clump like that it's unlikely. Not sure, but maybe perennial sunflowers, Heliopsis.

  Last edited: 28 May 2017 11:34:41

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

  May 2017

  Yes, could well be.  They also look a bit like my jerusalem artichokes which are in the same family but I'd go with heliopsis.

  A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  

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• Kerry27 Posts: 4

  May 2017

  Thank you so much - I'll not dig them up just yet

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• Iamweedy Posts: 1,364

  May 2017

  A rather irrational judgement but they really do look like useful plants and not weeds. Perhaps thats because we know more than we realise about our plants.

  
  
  
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• hogweed Posts: 4,053

  May 2017

  Joe Pye plant - eupatorium I think. Maybe.

  'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller

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• Dave Hedgehog Posts: 377

  May 2017

  I believe they are Helianthus (annual Sunflowers) due to their height and leaf shape. The perennial types tend to be more bush-like in appearance with the stems growing from a cenral point.

  These have individual stems growing a fair distance apart. Maybe the previous occupant had grown Sunflowers in that border and some of the seeds fell and have germinated - or were planted.

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• Kerry27 Posts: 4

  June 2017

  These are taking over now so I've dug one up and still unsure although thinking jersulat artichoke?

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