Any ideas? Escaped from somewhere?

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  1. Tim46

    Tim46 Apprentice Gardener

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    A neigbour found this growing but what is it? I know it's not 'Giant Hogweed'....

    Any thoughts very very welcome !

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    Tim

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    [​IMG] Hi Tim, Welcome..
    I have no idea except that it looks vaguely similar to a Castor Oil plant... I shall have a google for a while... [​IMG] [​IMG] I expect someone will have an answer later... [​IMG]
     
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    Many thanks for fast response. Don't think it's a castor oil plant but hope we can get a solid ID for it !

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    Tim
     
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    Hi Tim46 and welcome to GC.

    The plant is a wild Datura.
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Is that the well known Thorn Apple?
    Never come across it myself, but it seems to be cropping up more and more.
    Definitely a datura. [​IMG]
     
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    Brilliant !!

    Many many thanks...

    Now which one is it !

    Datura bernhardii
    Datura ceratocaula
    Datura discolor - Desert Thorn-apple
    Datura ferox
    Datura inoxia or Datura innoxia - Angel's Trumpet
    Datura kymatocarpa
    Datura lanosa
    Datura leichhardtii (syn. D. pruinosa) - Leichhardt's Datura
    Datura metel
    Datura quercifolia - Oak-leaf Thorn-apple
    Datura reburra
    Datura stramonium (syn. D. inermis) - Jimsonweed, Thorn-apple
    Datura wrightii - Sacred datura, Sacred Thorn-apple ?

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    Just looked in google, it is the Datura stramonium.

    We saw it growing wild for the first time about 10 years ago while we were on holiday in Croatia. Have seen it quite a few times since elsewhere.
     
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    Many thanks for those details !

    Looks like it's growing wild in southern Wales as well as Croatia now !

    ;)

    Tim
     
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    Make yourself a nice cup of tea with it and you'll find yourself growing wild. Grr. Who needs Croatia

    Pete, I'm amazed. Seems like everyone else's must have compost heap accessory has passed you by this year! [​IMG]
     
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