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Plant id please!

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RedwallMattimeo · 07/09/2025 15:37

Can anyone tell me what this is? Four of them have sprung up in a straight line in my garden in the last couple of weeks and are growing rapidly. Given the speed at which they are growing, I think they’re a weed but, before I pull them up, I thought I’d check.
In case it’s not clear from the photo, they have pointed leaves with the outer ones up to a foot long. The newest leaves, at the heart, have a silvery sheen and are slightly fluffy. Ignore the purple flowers - they have fallen off the plant next to it! The pink flowers are from an adjacent miniature rose

Plant id please!
Plant id please!
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user760 · 07/09/2025 15:44

Look like a type of foxglove to me

ShrimpBoil · 07/09/2025 15:52

I think verbascum thapsis - great mullein. Big yellow spike of flower.

user760 · 07/09/2025 15:55

I agree actually. particularly if the leaves are "fluffy"

Beryls · 07/09/2025 15:57

Chat GPT is very good for this, you can just take a photo and upload it ask it what it is.

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 07/09/2025 15:59

Yes, Mullein. Gorgeous!

MrsMitford3 · 07/09/2025 16:04

My plant ID ap agrees with @Judashascomeintosomemoney

A mullein and gets a healthy rating as well 🌟

pinkbackground · 07/09/2025 16:10

mullein.

InsideJob · 07/09/2025 18:47

I'm jealous. I really want some mullein in my garden

Yamadori · 07/09/2025 19:14

Beryls · 07/09/2025 15:57

Chat GPT is very good for this, you can just take a photo and upload it ask it what it is.

How about just asking the knowledgeable plant experts on the Mumsnet gardening board, which is what the OP is doing?

EveSix · 07/09/2025 19:15

Mullein.

RedwallMattimeo · 07/09/2025 21:45

Ah! It is a mullein. I had forgotten that a random long spiky yellow thing appeared in the garden last year and I had no idea what it was called. It has self seeded itself in a very equally spaced way! It can stay for now as it is filling a gap which would otherwise be empty until spring but then it will go.
Thank you!

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