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    Flower ID please

    Any ideas what this plant is please?



    They grew to about 6 feet tall with the flower head at the top and the flowers opened about Aug/Sept. Bees loved them, so although we have plans for that bed this year, we would love to retain some of them or move them elsewhere.

    Think they are some sort of spreading rhizome as there was a great mat of roots that I peeled back off some slabs they were covering.
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    Last edited by Vince G; 17-02-2014, 12:08 AM. Reason: further info
    Are y'oroight booy?
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    The piccies not very clear but it looks a bit like Golden Rod - Solidago.
    Last edited by veggiechicken; 17-02-2014, 12:35 AM.

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    • #3
      Was the best pic I could find on the interweb having searched using the words "tall yellow flowers garden plant". I did wonder if it was a goldenrod VC, but this got to 6 feet tall, didn't think they got quite that big...
      Are y'oroight booy?

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      • #4
        Yeah that was my first thought...golden rod or Solidago
        Please visit my facebook page for the garden i look after

        https://www.facebook.com/PrestonRockGarden

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        • #5
          It can grow tall. In my old house, there was some in the shrubbery that always grew about 5 feet tall. I think the tall shrubs behind them drew them up, plus they were very well fertilised with muck from the stables and the chicken house too!
          Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
          Endless wonder.

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          • #6
            Ah, wait, I've just googled and I think the one I had was Solidago gigantea, which grows up to 2 metres tall
            Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
            Endless wonder.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by mothhawk View Post
              Ah, wait, I've just googled and I think the one I had was Solidago gigantea, which grows up to 2 metres tall
              Yes, I've got a tall growing one for the back if my borders. Love it!

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              • #8
                it's yellow, so I hate it



                I hate pink too
                All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                • #9
                  And yet I adore "Yellow"

                  Funny as one's "Personal Perception" regarding colour, fluctuates between "Gardeners"
                  "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"

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                  • #10
                    Solidago 'goldkind' is dwarf...gets to 18" and is lovely.
                    Please visit my facebook page for the garden i look after

                    https://www.facebook.com/PrestonRockGarden

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                    • #11
                      Golden Rod/Solidago. Hate it. But only because it took over a large area of my lovely old cottage garden, and was a PITA to keep digging out. If you have a large border, make the most of it!
                      All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                      Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                        it's yellow, so I hate it



                        I hate pink too
                        I hate blues...

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                        • #13
                          It's fab as a cut flower

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                            it's yellow, so I hate it



                            I hate pink too
                            Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
                            I hate blues...
                            I lurve yellows and orange - happy sunshiny colours.
                            Only like dark blue - not wishy washy colours.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                              it's yellow, so I hate it



                              I hate pink too
                              I hated it 'cos it's brassy yellow too. Bloomin' hard to get rid of, it was.
                              Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
                              Endless wonder.

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