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Plant id plea
We went to the allotment today by a different route to the usual, and on the
way we spotted this plant in a roadside ditch. We haven't seen it there in previous years. What is it? http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...f/05May001.jpg -- Steve Never shake the ketchup bottle. None'll come, and then a lot'll |
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On Wed, 5 May 2010 19:53:48 +0100, "shazzbat"
wrote: We went to the allotment today by a different route to the usual, and on the way we spotted this plant in a roadside ditch. We haven't seen it there in previous years. What is it? http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...f/05May001.jpg It's almost a lettuce -- (¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯) |
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On 5 May, 20:26, ®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:
On Wed, 5 May 2010 19:53:48 +0100, "shazzbat" wrote: We went to the allotment today by a different route to the usual, and on the way we spotted this plant in a roadside ditch. We haven't seen it there in previous years. *What is it? http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...20stuff/05May0... It's almost a lettuce -- (¯`·. ®óñ© *© *²°¹° .·´¯) Skunk cabbage http://www.english-country-garden.co...nk-cabbage.htm David Hill |
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On 05/05/2010 20:53, shazzbat wrote:
We went to the allotment today by a different route to the usual, and on the way we spotted this plant in a roadside ditch. We haven't seen it there in previous years. What is it? http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...f/05May001.jpg It looks very healthy. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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In message , Sacha
writes On 2010-05-05 19:53:48 +0100, "shazzbat" said: We went to the allotment today by a different route to the usual, and on the way we spotted this plant in a roadside ditch. We haven't seen it there in previous years. What is it? http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...stuff/05May001 .jpg Skunk cabbage - very handsome. The BSBI (http://www.bsbi.org.uk) might be interested. That's the yellow, western or American skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanum. There's also a northeast Asian species with white spathes. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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In message , kay
writes Stewart Robert Hinsley;886353 Wrote: In message , Sacha writes- On 2010-05-05 19:53:48 +0100, "shazzbat" said: - We went to the allotment today by a different route to the usual, and on the way we spotted this plant in a roadside ditch. We haven't seen it there in previous years. What is it? http://tinyurl.com/35m6zyp .jpg- Skunk cabbage - very handsome.- The BSBI ('BSBI' (http://www.bsbi.org.uk)) might be interested. That's the yellow, western or American skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanum. There's also a northeast Asian species with white spathes. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley It's appeared in our nature reserve this year. Any idea whether it's a harmless garden escape or something invasive we should be worrying about? Google Lysichiton invasive site:uk There are a number of official looking pages listing it as invasive, but I haven't found one that says how bad it is. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , kay writes Stewart Robert Hinsley;886353 Wrote: In message , Sacha writes- On 2010-05-05 19:53:48 +0100, "shazzbat" said: - We went to the allotment today by a different route to the usual, and on the way we spotted this plant in a roadside ditch. We haven't seen it there in previous years. What is it? http://tinyurl.com/35m6zyp .jpg- Skunk cabbage - very handsome.- The BSBI ('BSBI' (http://www.bsbi.org.uk)) might be interested. That's the yellow, western or American skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanum. There's also a northeast Asian species with white spathes. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley It's appeared in our nature reserve this year. Any idea whether it's a harmless garden escape or something invasive we should be worrying about? Google Lysichiton invasive site:uk There are a number of official looking pages listing it as invasive, but I haven't found one that says how bad it is. -- I was given one about seven years ago as a gift that a friend bought for me at a garden centre. It lives in my main pond and has large leaves and flowers but doesn't seem to occur in my other pond or in any of the neighbouring streams, so maybe it's not all that invasive. someone |
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On 7 May, 18:48, "someone" wrote:
"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in ... In message , kay writes Stewart Robert Hinsley;886353 Wrote: In message , Sacha writes- On 2010-05-05 19:53:48 +0100, "shazzbat" said: - We went to the allotment today by a different route to the usual, and on the way we spotted this plant in a roadside ditch. We haven't seen it there in previous years. *What is it? http://tinyurl.com/35m6zyp .jpg- Skunk cabbage - very handsome.- The BSBI ('BSBI' (http://www.bsbi.org.uk)) might be interested. That's the yellow, western or American skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanum. There's also a northeast Asian species with white spathes.. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley It's appeared in our nature reserve this year. Any idea whether it's a harmless garden escape or something invasive we should be worrying about? Google Lysichiton invasive site:uk There are a number of official looking pages listing it as invasive, but I haven't found one that says how bad it is. -- I was given one about seven years ago as a gift that a friend bought for me at a garden centre. *It lives in my main pond and has large leaves and flowers but doesn't seem to occur in my other pond or in any of the neighbouring streams, so maybe it's not all that invasive. someone- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I think the reason it is classed as invasive is because the seeds wash down strean and grow where they settle. David Hill |
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"Dave Hill" wrote in message ... On 7 May, 18:48, "someone" wrote: "Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in ... In message , kay writes Stewart Robert Hinsley;886353 Wrote: In message , Sacha writes- On 2010-05-05 19:53:48 +0100, "shazzbat" said: - We went to the allotment today by a different route to the usual, and on the way we spotted this plant in a roadside ditch. We haven't seen it there in previous years. What is it? http://tinyurl.com/35m6zyp .jpg- Skunk cabbage - very handsome.- The BSBI ('BSBI' (http://www.bsbi.org.uk)) might be interested. That's the yellow, western or American skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanum. There's also a northeast Asian species with white spathes. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley It's appeared in our nature reserve this year. Any idea whether it's a harmless garden escape or something invasive we should be worrying about? Google Lysichiton invasive site:uk There are a number of official looking pages listing it as invasive, but I haven't found one that says how bad it is. -- I was given one about seven years ago as a gift that a friend bought for me at a garden centre. It lives in my main pond and has large leaves and flowers but doesn't seem to occur in my other pond or in any of the neighbouring streams, so maybe it's not all that invasive. someone- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I think the reason it is classed as invasive is because the seeds wash down strean and grow where they settle. David Hill Ah, that explains it then: I have only a couple of smallish ponds in my garden, and the nearest streams are 1/4 mile away. My biggest invasive problem was ground elder, until I discovered I could eat it... someone |
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