Essex, United Kingdom
Can someone identify this monster plant growing in my
Wildlife Plot? I have cut it down once, but it has come back again this year...can you tell me if it is a large weed, so that i can get rid of it, or if not, i can leave it growing...
- 5 Jul, 2010
Answers
It looks like Tarragon. If it is then you can use it in cooking. Nice chopped finely in Tuna mayonnaise!
5 Jul, 2010
....but smell it first if you are familiar with the smell of Tarragon.
5 Jul, 2010
sounds usefull .
5 Jul, 2010
Np..This can grow & grow, there is no stopping it once it starts, at first i
let it have its own freewill, thought it may flower, but alas, no flowers..
So i did cut it down, but it has come up again this year, twice as strong..
`I am begining to think it may be Jack`s Beanstalk..LOL I have `Nepeta, that
is close by, so cannot tell if bees & Butterfly`s like it, they are swarmed around `Nepeta...oh! well i do not suppose it can do any harm, after all
like you said, its natural, so it probably belongs there...Thanks for your response...:~ )) By the way `How is your little family coming along? Did you
decide to keep any?
5 Jul, 2010
Fractal, i will go & have a sniff tomorrow, would be lovely, if it is Tarragon,
but, i do not think Tarragon grows as tall as this 1..thank you, fractal for your comment..
5 Jul, 2010
well if your not happy with it tarragon or not id dig it out as apposed to cutting it down .good luck im sure youl make the right decission .
i found homes for all my puppies but im going to breed her one more time with a chocolate sharpei in a year then ill keep one i think . ill get her spayed after that . anything could happen between now and then so we will just have to see . take care bye for now xx.
5 Jul, 2010
How tall is it Freesiaperson?
5 Jul, 2010
i dont know what you mean fractel . do you mean the hight of an eskimo ? is it a joke ? you got me .
6 Jul, 2010
It had grown to about 10ft before i cut it down, the last time..
So, it could grow even taller, a bit like bamboo, could even become evasive
if left.. i do hate cutting anything down..Oh! by the way Fractal i cannot smell
anything at the moment as, i have a stinking cold, plenty of tissues on
stand by..LOL
6 Jul, 2010
Hmmmm, it won't be Tarragon then at 10ft !!!
It still looks like it might be some type of Artemesia though. I'm intrigued.
6 Jul, 2010
well a weed is a plant in the wrong place . wildlife garden means plants that our native insects and wildlife enjoy and that benefit them . realy if you like it keep it and if you dont like it well id pull or dig it up realy or if you like it keep it . the other factors are will it take over or grow everywear ? do you actualy like it yourself ? do the insects like it ? does it flower ? the list goes on realy . realy firstly sorry i dont know what it is sorry but at the end of the day its your garden and your desishion excuse my spelling . i would find out more just incase it spreads and takes over myself and for peace of mind .
5 Jul, 2010