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Can you guess what this is?

Discussion in 'General Gardening Discussion' started by longk, Jun 18, 2018.

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  1. longk

    longk Total Gardener

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    Just for fun, can you guess what this rather promising flower spike is?
    [​IMG]DSC_0604 by longk48, on Flickr
     
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  2. silu

    silu gardening easy...hmmm

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    Maybe a Verbascum but knowing you @longk it will be some obscure exotic plant that humble little me has never even heard of:)
     
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    • Scrungee

      Scrungee Well known for it

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      As silu has already taken Verbascum, I'll guess Greek Mullein.
       
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      • zilly

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        I was thinking along the lines of Mullien too. Its rather strange looks like lupin buds on a hollyhock stalk:biggrin:
         
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        • KFF

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          Knowing the range there is and having known you for quite a few years now I'm going to stick my head on the block and say ......

          Salvia
           
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          • Phil A

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            Forget me not :ideaIPB:
             
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            • Saliha

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              I would say some sort of cabbage which has started to make flowers.
               
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              • Victoria

                Victoria Lover of Exotic Flora

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                An Echium? :scratch:
                 
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                • wiseowl

                  wiseowl FRIENDLY ADMIN Staff Member

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                  This is my Echium blue bedder:dunno:

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                  • Palustris

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                    Mulleins are Verbascums!
                     
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                    • Marley Farley

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                      Hmm not so sure Mullein / Verbascum have furry stems and leaves yet the phot doesn’t seem too..:scratch: Flowering corn.? Quinoa.?
                       
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                      • Phil A

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                        A buffalo with an aqua lung?
                         
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                        • pete

                          pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                          Just to be different,:biggrin:
                          Lobelia.
                           
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                            Eryngium
                             
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                            • CarolineL

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                              Molucella laevis?
                               
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