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I hope it's not a problem to upload a foto in this group.
A friend of mine has this 'thing' growing in his backyard. Nearly 6ft tall by now. Anybody have an Idea what it could be ? reply here or e-mail to Thanks ! Peter |
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If it's very, very fuzzy, it's a mullein--Verbascum in the
Scrophulariaceae (looks like V. thapsus--if that species grows in Europe, that may be it.) Leaves of U.S. species were used as toilet tissue by early settlers. Roman ladies made a hair rinse out of theirs, and the long stems can be soaked in flammables and used as torches. A fun plant. M. Reed Texas A&M Peter wrote: I hope it's not a problem to upload a foto in this group. A friend of mine has this 'thing' growing in his backyard. Nearly 6ft tall by now. Anybody have an Idea what it could be ? reply here or e-mail to Thanks ! Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Image] -- ˙WPC5 |
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Yes - I would say that it is V. thapsus. It is common in UK and this year
there seems to a glut of them. I have 8 in my garden alone, growing unbidden, but no less welcome. Peter "Peter" wrote in message ews.com... I hope it's not a problem to upload a foto in this group. A friend of mine has this 'thing' growing in his backyard. Nearly 6ft tall by now. Anybody have an Idea what it could be ? reply here or e-mail to Thanks ! Peter |
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