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This green leaved plant has grown beside my container box! any ideas as to what it is. Going to try and move it into its own container and see what happens!



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looks like the start of foxgloves?

dont know if its right though

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6 Sep, 2009

 

Would that be a wild flower. Perhaps the birds have dropped the seed! I definately have a lot of strange "growings on"!!

6 Sep, 2009

 

if it is foxglove then there are many variations
ive got this link from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxglove

they are very tall with lots of tube type flowers bees love them
they can be known as wildflowers, I wish I had them. If this is what you have this year next year it will flower... I think... trying to rack my memory as to what Ive learnt on here

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hope someone can help you more

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6 Sep, 2009

 

Thanks Mookins Will be chuffed as i'm trying to encourage bees to my garden and have put wee hive places for them.

6 Sep, 2009

 

Foxgloves (Digitalis) are bi annuals, They grow one year and then flower the next.
Well done Mookins.

Bees love them and so do I.

6 Sep, 2009

 

WOHOO!
i got it right

will recomend Borage too then hun as they LOVE these

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6 Sep, 2009

 

Probaly is foxgloves....,but a possibility it could be verbascum....not sure....

6 Sep, 2009

 

Look at the back of the leaf stalks - if they show any sign of pink, the foxglove will have pink flowers; if there is no colouration, it will have white flowers

6 Sep, 2009

 

Nice one Andrew...:>)

7 Sep, 2009

 

oooh clever tip

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7 Sep, 2009

 

It looks like borage
prune

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8 Sep, 2009

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