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Plant identification

  • 30-04-2023 5:41pm
    #1
    FuzzyFrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭


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    Is this Comfrey?



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  • #2
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    Or Foxglove.



  • #3
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,095 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I'd say foxglove too, it has a serrated edge. They are very similar though.



  • #4
    FuzzyFrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭FuzzyFrog


    Yeah, looks more like Foxglove now you say it, thanks



  • #5
    [Deleted User]
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    Def foxglove



  • #6
    Julia_G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭Julia_G


    Reviving this discussion to see if anyone can identify this plant for me, please?

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  • #7
    wildwillow
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    Brunnera macrophylla. Herbaceous perennial. Can be invasive if not kept under control. Reply to post 6. Don’t know how it got here

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  • #8
    Julia_G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭Julia_G


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122026121#Comment_122026121

    Amazing thank you! It's such a nice plant and I found it in a shady area, so it would be perfect in our garden



  • #9
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,069 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122026121#Comment_122026121

    I have that in a spot and it's great for Summer ground-cover. Slightly invasive, maybe, but it's been reliable and easy to control now for around 15 years. I'd recommend it.



  • #10
    Julia_G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭Julia_G


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122026155#Comment_122026155

    How does it look at its worst? In the winter, frost etc



  • #11
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,069 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122026199#Comment_122026199
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    I just went out to check. It dies back almost completely to leave very little other than the stems - I don't even recall ever having to tidy it up - seems to just compost away rapidly. Mine is the non-variegated variety while you appear to have a variegated cultivar.



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  • #12
    looksee
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    I have the varigated one and it does have leaves all winter, but does get rather scruffy, its just picking up now.



  • #13
    Julia_G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭Julia_G


    I just realised there is already a Plant ID thread, I was searching for 'identification' d'oh…

    Anyway, just want to say thanks before I let this thread hibernate! I got the brunnera this morning, but actually it isn't the variagted type. I made a mistake, I see Mt Venus have gorgeous Jack Frost ones, which is what I should have ordered. Anyway, the more the merrier!



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