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Foxgloves or weeds?

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DavetheCat2001 · 23/07/2020 18:35

Anyone..?

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Foxgloves or weeds?
Foxgloves or weeds?
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FlosCampi · 23/07/2020 18:37

Not foxgloves! Not sure what though. Sorry!

RhubarbAndMustard · 23/07/2020 18:47

Evergreen Bugloss apparently. I've got an App that tells me!

DavetheCat2001 · 23/07/2020 18:49

Oh bugger!

Thanks though! I did scatter foxglove seeds in that area months back so was hoping that's what they were!

The leaves have a slighly fuzzy feeling to them.

The ones behind have a yellowy-er coloured leaf,. Could these be FG's?

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DavetheCat2001 · 23/07/2020 18:54

Thanks@RhubarbAndMustard

I know the bees like them but they are pretty unsightly.. keep or pull..?

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RhubarbAndMustard · 23/07/2020 18:58

They come out in a little blue flower which are edible apparently. Probably not worth the unsightly leaves though.

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GlamGiraffe · 23/07/2020 18:59

Id get rid of that, it's a nightmare. It takes over and has really deep tap roots. You think it's gone and it just keeps coming back. It looks really unsightly for most if the time. I left a bit years ago as it looked ok. Turner into miles of the stuff. Kept removing it, It was always there.i got gardeners to do a thorough removal at the beginning of the year and it's still appearing everywhere. It feels horrible if you try to pull the leaves too.
Foxglove leaves come from more if a central point.

DavetheCat2001 · 23/07/2020 19:05
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MereDintofPandiculation · 23/07/2020 21:53

Evergreen Bugloss More usually called Green Alkanet in the UK.

ComeBackIntoTheGardenMaud · 23/07/2020 22:47

Yes, it's a real pest. I know a weed is merely a plant growing in the wrong place, but there's never a right place for green alkanet.

BlueChampagne · 24/07/2020 16:06

But the insects love it in the spring, and for that reason I tolerate some in the garden. Also because I can't get all the root out Grin.

ChristopherTracy · 24/07/2020 17:10

Damn, too slow - I was just coming on to say Alkanet. I have some in a pot with a rose as sacrificial for black fly but dont tolerate it anywhere else.

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