What's this flower?

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Can anyone tell me what this lovely flower is? It feels like velvet on the inside. Thanks 😊

Foxglove??

Picture?

Gloxinia?

But a picture would help

Lambs Ear?

Petunia.
The purple one in particular is very velvet like.
A picture would help enormously 😂

Omg I'm such an idiot 🤣 here's a picture!

Definitely not a petunia .

Christ! That's terrifying!

Looks almost like an artichoke

Looks like an artichoke

It's a protea.

Yes, I agree.
They're native to South Africa

Some sort of protea
www.marksandspencer.com/protea-posy/p/flp60025285

Great! Thank you 😊

Yes, a Protea. Unfortunately not hardy in the UK, unless in a very sheltered South West locale. Or the Scilly Isles.

I'm afraid that's definitely an Audrey II

What on Earth made you want to feel inside it