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Please identify this plant!
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I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. Thanks in advance Z |
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"Zank The Plank" wrote in message ... Hi I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. I cannot view it. Dunno why. Hate computers. Been using them since punched cards. Verbascum (wild silly guess without being able to see picture :-)?? Thanks in advance Z |
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"Zank The Plank" wrote in message ... Hi I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. Thanks in advance Z Ooops sorry, Try http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant/Plant.jpg. that should work, it helps to upload the picture I suppose. Thanks again in advance Z |
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In article , Zank The Plank
writes Hi I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. Thanks in advance Mullein, Verbascum thapsus. It's a biennial, growing its flower stem (which is what you have) in the second year. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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"Zank The Plank" wrote in message ... Hi I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. Thanks in advance Z I think it is the exact same plant I asked about on here a few months ago - was growing in an allotment we'd just taken on and I had no idea what it was! - Verbascum Olympicum. http://www.anniesannuals.com/signs/v..._olympicum.htm Tracey |
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"Zank The Plank" wrote in message ... "Zank The Plank" wrote in message ... Hi I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. Thanks in advance Z Ooops sorry, Try http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant/Plant.jpg. that should work, it helps to upload the picture I suppose. Wheeee; do I get a special prize for doing it blind :-) Thanks again in advance Z |
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"Des Higgins" wrote in message ... "Zank The Plank" wrote in message ... "Zank The Plank" wrote in message ... Hi I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. Thanks in advance Z Ooops sorry, Try http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant/Plant.jpg. that should work, it helps to upload the picture I suppose. Wheeee; do I get a special prize for doing it blind :-) Thanks again in advance Z Thanks to all of you. I've now had a look for it and at least I am happy in the knowledge that I now have a cure for the winter cough!!! Once again thanks all Z :-)) |
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"Zank The Plank" wrote in message ... Hi I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. Thanks in advance It looks like one or another species of Verbascum. Franz |
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On 20/9/04 16:24, in article , "Zank The
Plank" wrote: Hi I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. Thanks in advance It's mullein, a wild cousin of Verbascum. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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In article , Sacha
writes It's mullein, a wild cousin of Verbascum. Oi!!! Don't belittle the wild flora!!! ;-) It *is* Verbascum, Verbascum thapsus, just as much a Verbascum as those species and hybrids that are sought out by gardeners :-) (That, I suppose is the disadvantage of using the botanical name - one gets so used to using it for the garden species that one forgets the wild species have an equal right to it) -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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"Sacha" wrote in message k... On 20/9/04 18:30, in article , "Kay" wrote: In article , Sacha writes It's mullein, a wild cousin of Verbascum. Oi!!! Don't belittle the wild flora!!! ;-) It *is* Verbascum, Verbascum thapsus, just as much a Verbascum as those species and hybrids that are sought out by gardeners :-) (That, I suppose is the disadvantage of using the botanical name - one gets so used to using it for the garden species that one forgets the wild species have an equal right to it) Belittle? BELITTLE???? Certainly not, ma'am. I love it! But I think you must admit that it's more commonly known as mullein. Ehhh both names are correct surely. Whenever I see these, either the wild ones or the garden varieties, I always say Verbascum as I cannot remember the vernacular name. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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"Kay" wrote in message ... In article , Zank The Plank writes Hi I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. Thanks in advance Mullein, Verbascum thapsus. It's a biennial, growing its flower stem (which is what you have) in the second year. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" Ah, so it's thapsus not olympicum, oh well at least I got the Verbascum bit right! Tracey |
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:36:06 +0100, "Des Higgins"
wrote: "Zank The Plank" wrote in message ... "Zank The Plank" wrote in message ... Hi I have this plant growing outside of my lounge window and I haven't got a clue what it is. It started growing a fast rate in June and it seemed to grow at least 30cm per week. It has velvety leaves and a thick single stem It can be viewed at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant.htm. Thanks in advance Z Ooops sorry, Try http://homepage.ntlworld.com/timcass/plant/Plant.jpg. that should work, it helps to upload the picture I suppose. Wheeee; do I get a special prize for doing it blind :-) I always knew you had special powers, Des... But you have me truly flumoxed here... Cat(h) The world swirls... |
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