Fireweed at my house

I wondered what fireweed was. We call it Rose bay willow herb - more of a mouthfull. lol

Some years before I never liked this weed, but inbetwqeen I love it, even in winter, when the wool comes out and they look very weired...

That is a mouthful Hywel....lol. It is really what draws the bees most. It gets about 5ft tall around here. I pull it out just as the seed starts to come so it wont spread around. It will start seed in a week or two, prompting a frost in 5 weeks. :-( That is part of why I pull it too, so I don't have a reminder things are coming to a close. It turns scarlet in fall foliage, but I don't like the 'wool' about. :-)

Its a wonderful plant Nelke. Spring shoots are edible and very tender.