Acanthus mollis - Bear's Breeches

Love these!
Just germinated a couple of seeds that I'd forgot I had.

snap same here Meanie, bought my seed earlier this year..

Meanie:

I always thought this plant was grown from tubers. They are almost impossible get rid of...with so many tubers!

The tubers gotta come from somewhere!!

Isn't it a widely grown plant there in the UK? I know it's a very hardy plant!

They are pretty common, and certainly hardy.

They probably grow the opposite of here, though. They grow well and and bloom from fall - spring...then in summer they go semi-dormant.

Bloom summer to autumn, then in winter say "stuff this" and disappear until it warms up!!!

As I figured they go dormant in winter, there...they go semi-dormant to dormant here in summer.