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Can anyone identify this,please?

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ThatBloodyWoman · 14/08/2015 16:17

Its about 5/6 ft tall.

I was given it,and I love it!

Can anyone identify this,please?
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RoosterCogburn · 14/08/2015 17:04

Could be a variety of Rudbeckia

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ThatBloodyWoman · 14/08/2015 17:16

I wondered that Rooster.
I've also vaguely heard of perennial sunflowers and wondered if that might be it.

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CloserToFiftyThanTwenty · 14/08/2015 17:32

I think rudbekia too - the centre doesn't look very sunflower-like in the picture

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RoosterCogburn · 14/08/2015 18:04

The leaves look like Rudbeckia leaves as well.

I like the sound of a perennial sunflower though

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ThatBloodyWoman · 14/08/2015 18:09

Ooo they do look like rudbeckia leaves.
Isn't it gorgeous?

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RoosterCogburn · 14/08/2015 18:12

Tis lovely - a whole mass of them up against a red brick wall would look amazing.

ignoring the fact I do not have a red brick wall in my garden

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ThatBloodyWoman · 14/08/2015 18:14

Thats whats behind them -they're just a bit taller than it!

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RoosterCogburn · 14/08/2015 18:21

I'm planning for next year!
I used to grow a lot of Rudbeckia in my old garden, time to introduce it here I think.
Mind you, looking online there are so many beautiful varieties its going to be a challenge to make a decision.

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ThatBloodyWoman · 14/08/2015 18:24

Enjoy Rooster !
Its such fun planning and scheming Smile

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RoosterCogburn · 14/08/2015 18:27

It is! I'm currently enjoying my over planting of sweet peas - can't pick them fast enough.

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ChilliAndMint · 14/08/2015 18:32

Rudbeckia , no doubt about it.

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ThatBloodyWoman · 14/08/2015 18:57

Rudbeckis definitely seems to have the consensus of opinion.
Thanks all!

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aircooled · 14/08/2015 19:15

Can I beg to differ and suggest Heliopsis? Not that it really matters - it's a lovely yellow 'sunflower' that's making you smile! Just watch it isn't the one that runs through the border swamping everything in its path...

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ThatBloodyWoman · 14/08/2015 19:21

Oooo.
The plot thickens!

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Ferguson · 15/08/2015 23:22

I'm inclined to support Heliopsis too, (though I wouldn't have known until suggested), but Rudbeckia invariably has a dark centre:

www.specialperennials.com/Other_Perennials/Plant_List_Heliopsis.htm

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ChilliAndMint · 15/08/2015 23:27

Heliopsis is not very tall. Rudbeckia has many forms, I used to sell plants.

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ThatBloodyWoman · 16/08/2015 09:51

I jave to say that while the flower looks like that of the heliopsis,the height doesn't appear to tally.

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aircooled · 16/08/2015 18:28

The buds in the photo don't look like Rudbeckia buds. It could be a type of helianthus eg H. rigidus or even jerusalem artichoke. Does anyone recognise it as that?

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ThatBloodyWoman · 16/08/2015 19:42

Looking it up,it could well be helianthus rigidus!

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ThatBloodyWoman · 16/08/2015 19:52

I am intrigued now.Having checked it with my jerusalem artichokes I am growing elsewhere (but aren't yet flowering) the leaves look similar and have the same rough texture.
However,I thought,from having grown jerusalem artichokes many years ago,the flowers were pretty but quite small.I may well recall that wrongly though.
These flowers have a diameter of about 3 ".
I'm really really curious now for a definitive answer!

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aircooled · 16/08/2015 21:27

If it's so similar to jerusalem artichoke it is probably a helianthus. What about the person who gave it to you, do they know its name?

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ThatBloodyWoman · 16/08/2015 21:30

It was a distant relative.
I probably could find out but I'd have to go about the houses.
However,I think any mention of jerusalem artichoke would has stuck ,and its likely the name would have been mentioned at some point.
Thanks aircooled

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MyNightWithMaud · 16/08/2015 22:05

I was going to suggest helianthus Lemon Queen. I don't think any rudbeckia would be that tall.

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MyNightWithMaud · 16/08/2015 22:06

Oops. Helianthemum Lemon Queen.

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shovetheholly · 17/08/2015 10:00

You beat me to it, Maud! I think it's a Helianthus too - they can reach that height. They grow great drifts at RHS Harlow Carr and they look glorious this time of year.

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