Please could someone tell me what plant this?
By Dee1
United Kingdom
My Nephew took this photo of a plant he has growing in his garden in Devon. I don't recognize it and was wondering if anybody does. It looks a little like Dandelion flower but its the wrong colour because I thought Dandelions where only yellow.
- 25 Aug, 2009
Answers
Orange Hawkweed, or Hieracium aurantiacum - fab colour isn't it
25 Aug, 2009
Is this what some people call 'Fox and cubs'??
25 Aug, 2009
Yup Bamboo spot on and an invasive weed where we live :-)
25 Aug, 2009
Yes Spritz
25 Aug, 2009
Invasive is understating it, lol. It runs and seeds everywhere, a nightmare when it mixes with other perennial plants.
26 Aug, 2009
B made the HUGE mistake of actually putting a plant in the wild area of our previous garden... so far as I know it is still there in spite of being weeded out god knows how many times lol
26 Aug, 2009
And yet it wouldn't take at all here in west London, and I tried really hard! Sounds like its just as well it didn't grow.
26 Aug, 2009
Different soil conditions I guess
26 Aug, 2009
thank you to everybody who replied to my question. Apparently my nephew has quite a lot of it growing in the garden of the house they have recently moved into - hence I guess because it is so invasive! I can now warn him about its nature of "over taking" and perhaps he can persuade his wife (who loves it) to eradicate at least some it!!
26 Aug, 2009
I do know what this is, I brought some back from Devon in an attempt to grow it here, but no luck - but my filing clerk's on strike in my brain and I can't remember its name - it's a wild plant, might be Hawksbit or something, I need to look it up in the book....
25 Aug, 2009