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Lee and Kath wrote:
Is that how it's spelt?
A few years ago I grew some loveage for one season. The last 2 summers, our neighbour has had aplant
in her bed which grows 4 or 5 ft tall and has leaves like large L and smell just like it. Will it be
this which has self seeded or could it be some similar but poisonous plant?

No, lovage.

It could very well be self-seeded - it does. The umbelliferae contain
some very poisonous plants, but I don't know of any that smell like
lovage. Did your plant seed, because it usually doesn't do that in
the first season?

I would recommend taking leaves of the plant to a local expert, but
I certainly can't think of anything that you could mistake it for.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.