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Identify weed/plant

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  • 24-08-2016 4:23pm
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    jaffa20
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    Hi all,

    Found this weed or plant growing in my garden this summer and i kind of like it so i'm hoping it's not a weed:) Anybody have any ideas? It looked like a vegetable before it flowered. The flower is lovely i think.

    Thanks


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Let's settle on it being a wildflower. And lovely it is.

    Looks a bit like Mullein to me.


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    looksee
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    Yes I was going to say Verbascum, which is the same as Mullein. They can grow very big - we used call them Cathedral flowers when we got some growing in the garden - they were 6 to 8 ft tall!


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    jaffa20
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    Thank you. I think you are right. It seems to be a biennial. It's a lovely flower and even the foliage was quite attractive before it flowered. I might collect some seeds from it and grow elsewhere.

    http://livingafield.com/Plants_Mullein.htm


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