Can anyone identify this plant, please?

It comes up annually but in the past two years, since we've lived here,
it hasn't presented anything other than the leaves shown in this photo.
It grows to a height of about six feet. Because of the colour, shape,
and nature of its leaves, it doesn't look right where it is.

Is it of any value?

There's a picture of it he
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...ntley/weed.jpg

Many thanks,

Eddy.

P.S. Thanks to those who advised me how to promote rapid rhodi growth.
In the past month the first rhodis to flower have already shot up ONE
FOOT. Once the others have flowered I expect they'll do the same. The
secret is definitely in the daily watering of the root.

Can anyone identify this plant, please?

Wild Turnip (brassica rapa)?

Al.

Al wrote:

Can anyone identify this plant, please?

Wild Turnip (brassica rapa)?

Thanks for this suggestion, Al. But I have googled brassica rapa and it
appears to be the stuff that farmers cover whole fields with and which
about this time of year then turns glorious yellow.

This plant I have hasn't flowered in three years, and its leaves are
much bigger and thicker than the brassica rapa leaves. Also the plant
reaches 6' in height, rather than the 3' of brassica rapa. But I agree,
the leaves are similar in colour.

Eddy.

In message , Eddy
writes
Can anyone identify this plant, please?

It comes up annually but in the past two years, since we've lived here,
it hasn't presented anything other than the leaves shown in this photo.
It grows to a height of about six feet. Because of the colour, shape,
and nature of its leaves, it doesn't look right where it is.

Is it of any value?

There's a picture of it he
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...ntley/weed.jpg

Many thanks,

Appears to be plume poppy (Macleaya cordifolia).

Note that plume poppy doesn't look like other poppies (even less so than
greater celandine), the inflorescence having an appearance reminiscent
more of rhubarb.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

On 2009-06-02 08:25:23 +0100, Eddy
said:

Can anyone identify this plant, please?

It comes up annually but in the past two years, since we've lived here,
it hasn't presented anything other than the leaves shown in this photo.
It grows to a height of about six feet. Because of the colour, shape,
and nature of its leaves, it doesn't look right where it is.
snip

Eddy, try looking at Macleaya. It usually does flower but yours may be
in the wrong conditions for that.

--
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
Appears to be plume poppy (Macleaya cordifolia).

Note that plume poppy doesn't look like other poppies (even less so than
greater celandine), the inflorescence having an appearance reminiscent
more of rhubarb.

Stewart, thanks. So I googled Macleaya cordifolia on Google Images and
up came a lot of pics of it but also a pic of "Macleaya cordata" . . .
and "Macleaya cordata" my plant certainly is. Identical leaves and
stem. So thanks for getting me there.

Now to google for more about this Macleaya cordata.

Eddy.

Sacha wrote:
Eddy, try looking at Macleaya. It usually does flower but yours may be
in the wrong conditions for that.

Good Morning, Sacha. Maybe mine HAS flowered but it seems the flower is
so unremarkable that I have not been impressed enough to remember it!

Here's some info I've just found on it:

"Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata)

R.H.S. 'AGM' Award Winner

This is a splendid, impressive and statuesque plant that can grow to 8
ft. or more, with large, glaucous, finely sculptured leaves and very
large panicles, consisting of hundreds of tiny buff-coloured flowers,
carried well above the foliage. A bold, eye-catching plant. Hardy
throughout the British Isles. 8-12 ft."

And it's selling at about £5 a plant on the internet! They do look
rather fetching when massed together. But I guess many ugly things do!
See:
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/chilt...a/pid/31511654

Regards,
Eddy.

On 2009-06-02 09:36:28 +0100, Eddy
said:

Sacha wrote:
Eddy, try looking at Macleaya. It usually does flower but yours may be
in the wrong conditions for that.

Good Morning, Sacha. Maybe mine HAS flowered but it seems the flower is
so unremarkable that I have not been impressed enough to remember it!

Here's some info I've just found on it:

"Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata)

R.H.S. 'AGM' Award Winner

This is a splendid, impressive and statuesque plant that can grow to 8
ft. or more, with large, glaucous, finely sculptured leaves and very
large panicles, consisting of hundreds of tiny buff-coloured flowers,
carried well above the foliage. A bold, eye-catching plant. Hardy
throughout the British Isles. 8-12 ft."

And it's selling at about �5 a plant on the internet! They do look
rather fetching when massed together. But I guess many ugly things do!
See:
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/chilt...a/pid/31511654

Regards,
Eddy.

It's

very impressive but not grown for its flowers, really, IMO. I know it
well - we have a mass of it on our front drive, battling it out with a
Hydrangea seemannii growing over a low wall. It does spread fairly
easily but not too thuggishly. A grouping of it at the back of a wide
border is a real sight, IMO.


--
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

In message , Eddy
writes
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
Appears to be plume poppy (Macleaya cordifolia).

Note that plume poppy doesn't look like other poppies (even less so than
greater celandine), the inflorescence having an appearance reminiscent
more of rhubarb.

Stewart, thanks. So I googled Macleaya cordifolia on Google Images and
up came a lot of pics of it but also a pic of "Macleaya cordata" . . .
and "Macleaya cordata" my plant certainly is. Identical leaves and
stem. So thanks for getting me there.

Sorry about that - it looks as if I've written down the epithet
incorrectly at some time in the past.

Now to google for more about this Macleaya cordata.

Eddy.



--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

On 2009-06-02 09:47:31 +0100, Sacha said:

On 2009-06-02 09:36:28 +0100, Eddy
said:

Sacha wrote:
Eddy, try looking at Macleaya. It usually does flower but yours may be
in the wrong conditions for that.

Good Morning, Sacha. Maybe mine HAS flowered but it seems the flower is
so unremarkable that I have not been impressed enough to remember it!

Here's some info I've just found on it:

"Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata)

R.H.S. 'AGM' Award Winner

This is a splendid, impressive and statuesque plant that can grow to 8
ft. or more, with large, glaucous, finely sculptured leaves and very
large panicles, consisting of hundreds of tiny buff-coloured flowers,
carried well above the foliage. A bold, eye-catching plant. Hardy
throughout the British Isles. 8-12 ft."

And it's selling at about �5 a plant on the internet! They do look
rather fetching when massed together. But I guess many ugly things do!
See:
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/chilt...a/pid/31511654

Regards,
Eddy.

It's

very

impressive but not grown for its flowers, really, IMO. I know it well
- we have a mass of it on our front drive, battling it out with a
Hydrangea seemannii growing over a low wall. It does spread fairly
easily but not too thuggishly. A grouping of it at the back of a wide
border is a real sight, IMO.


--

Just as a PS - you may have Macleaya microcarpa Kelway's Coral Plume
which has been a very popular plant for a while. Look out for coral to
beige flower plumes in June/July. This gets to around 6' in height,
depending on location, of course and is more likely to be what you have.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

"Eddy" wrote in message
...
Sacha wrote:
Eddy, try looking at Macleaya. It usually does flower but yours may be
in the wrong conditions for that.

Good Morning, Sacha. Maybe mine HAS flowered but it seems the flower is
so unremarkable that I have not been impressed enough to remember it!

Here's some info I've just found on it:

"Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata)

R.H.S. 'AGM' Award Winner

This is a splendid, impressive and statuesque plant that can grow to 8
ft. or more, with large, glaucous, finely sculptured leaves and very
large panicles, consisting of hundreds of tiny buff-coloured flowers,
carried well above the foliage. A bold, eye-catching plant. Hardy
throughout the British Isles. 8-12 ft."

And it's selling at about £5 a plant on the internet! They do look
rather fetching when massed together. But I guess many ugly things do!
See:
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/chilt...a/pid/31511654

Regards,
Eddy.


Beware its extremely invasive, but we love it see
www.roselandhouse.co.uk/pond/pond.htm

--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
...

"Eddy" wrote in message
...
Sacha wrote:
Eddy, try looking at Macleaya. It usually does flower but yours may be
in the wrong conditions for that.

Good Morning, Sacha. Maybe mine HAS flowered but it seems the flower is
so unremarkable that I have not been impressed enough to remember it!

Here's some info I've just found on it:

"Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata)

R.H.S. 'AGM' Award Winner

This is a splendid, impressive and statuesque plant that can grow to 8
ft. or more, with large, glaucous, finely sculptured leaves and very
large panicles, consisting of hundreds of tiny buff-coloured flowers,
carried well above the foliage. A bold, eye-catching plant. Hardy
throughout the British Isles. 8-12 ft."

And it's selling at about £5 a plant on the internet! They do look
rather fetching when massed together. But I guess many ugly things do!
See:
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/chilt...a/pid/31511654

Regards,
Eddy.


Beware its extremely invasive, but we love it see
www.roselandhouse.co.uk/pond/pond.htm

Sorry should have been jpg www.roselandhouse.co.uk/pond/pond.jpg

(the page shows the same pond but under construction)


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

On 2009-06-02 13:16:37 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
said:


"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
...

"Eddy" wrote in message
...
Sacha wrote:
Eddy, try looking at Macleaya. It usually does flower but yours may be
in the wrong conditions for that.

Good Morning, Sacha. Maybe mine HAS flowered but it seems the flower is
so unremarkable that I have not been impressed enough to remember it!

Here's some info I've just found on it:

"Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata)

R.H.S. 'AGM' Award Winner

This is a splendid, impressive and statuesque plant that can grow to 8
ft. or more, with large, glaucous, finely sculptured leaves and very
large panicles, consisting of hundreds of tiny buff-coloured flowers,
carried well above the foliage. A bold, eye-catching plant. Hardy
throughout the British Isles. 8-12 ft."

And it's selling at about �5 a plant on the internet! They do look
rather fetching when massed together. But I guess many ugly things do!
See:
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/chilt...a/pid/31511654

Regards,
Eddy.


Beware

its extremely invasive, but we love it see
www.roselandhouse.co.uk/pond/pond.htm

Sorry should have been jpg www.roselandhouse.co.uk/pond/pond.jpg

(the page shows the same pond but under construction)


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

That looks lovely, Charlie - and the Macleaya definitely goods very
good near water. I think ours will have to be moved from the drive!
--
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Charlie Pridham wrote:

Beware its extremely invasive, but we love it see
www.roselandhouse.co.uk/pond/pond.htm

My neighbour hissed at the thought of them yesterday and warned they'll
travel "even underneath brick walls"! Well, I guess they would. Why
not? They won't travel THROUGH brick walls though.

Funny thing is, in three years here we've only got two of these, six
inches apart. They don't seem to be spreading. Anyway, I've read that
they're easily controlled if you shove a spade deep down around them
twice a year?

Eddy.

Charlie Pridham wrote:
Sorry should have been jpg www.roselandhouse.co.uk/pond/pond.jpg
(the page shows the same pond but under construction)

Very nice! They do look good if clumped together. More substantial
than just one or two.

Eddy.