On 05/09/2012 11:35, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Brooklyn1
writes
On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 17:16:57 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:

In message , jena
writes

Can anyone help identify this plant please. I had one a couple of years
ago that grew to over 6feet high and 4 foot across. It has furry silver
green leaves. there are two photos, one is a large plant and one a
seedling.

Does it has spikes of yellow flowers? If so, then one of the Verbascums.


I always call it "Lamb's Ear", in fact just this morning I pulled one
out that was growing at the base of one of my trees and was annoying
me, unfortunately I didn't get the root so I know it will grow back...
they can get kind of huge and they do send of a tall spike of yellow
flowers... they look okay in the right place, like in a hedgerow as
they are somewhat invasive.

That's an example of the problem with using vernacular names. Here
Lamb's Ear is Stachys byzantina.

Or Stachys lanata...

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Jeff