Last year I moved to this house in the late fall and there were 6 of these plants out there but they were all brown and dead and I couldn't tell what they were.
Now that they are green.. I STILL can't tell what they are...
It's about 6 feet high or more and the flower buds (if it really is even going to flower) are about half the size of peppercorns.
** My post has likely been edited 5 or 6 times for spelling or grammar, and is quite likely still incorrect.
I don't think I've seen anything like that around here, but if it does flower, would you post a pic of it? Thanks.
Pat ~ WC WI
:) Ya I sure will. I just wonder if it''s more of a weed thing than a flower. I just have a feeling it will bloom into som non-descript flowers and then grow some ugly seed things.
I have no idea what it is. I've never seen anything like it before. I hope someone here can help you identify what it is. I'm curious to see what the blooms look like.
Good luck!
Jackie
looks kind of familiar....think it might be a weed...but then it might not.
Chicken and egg in bed, chicken has head on pillow smoking. Egg rolls over annoyed saying "I guess we answered that question"
At first looking at the flower stalk, I thought it could be common mullein, but by your first picture, mullein in not that bushy.
i see alot of that down here in branson, i just cant think of the name.
Alex A. Marine
Maybe a phytolacco?
Looks very similar to Marsh-elder (Iva xanthifolia) Check that one out on Google.
BY JOVE Wille! I think you've hit it right on the head!
Some of the pics of the marsh elder that I found weren't really close, but others were the spitting image. Mostly the characteristics of what I read in the text describing the plant were bang on.
What I don't understand is why the lady who lived here before me last year would have planted them?? She had a beautiful yard with lots of perennials and then she had these (4 in a row) as a sort of sun shade to the lower deck. It says these are invasive, but there were 4 last year and would have been 4 this year but I killed three of them (on purpose.) I thought it odd they would come up in the same place if they are annuals.
No matter - here are the pics of the thing I just dug out- I reckon it is 8 feel tall and probably 4 feet around and the flowers are, as I suspected, rather non-descript. Alll in all, an ugly sort of plant.
This appears to be a member of the spinach family often called lamb's quarters -
Chenipodium is the family name, I think. Before it gets those flowers the leaves are a nice nibble while in the garden, but too many can get you "running". Good cooked like spinach though. Does get pretty tall when allowed to return year after year. Easy to pull in spring, but I keep a few small ones each year to eat. Hope this helps.
Just a suggestion..........Castor Bean plant perhaps???
Donna from Southern Ontario, Canada
Not a Castor Bean.
Flowerjunkie - you're so right! It did resember the lamb's quarters ( what we call pigweed here) but I have never seen it grow to this size. I can't imagine anyone allowing it to come back year after year ... btu anything is possible :)
The pigweed is ALL over the place here and I know people eat it a lot, usually in the spring when it's tender.
Whatever it is.. it's gone now !
Hello ,probably a bird dropped seed and it grew, i found odd plant in flower bed so moved to see what it would be, was a wild daisy! Mary in ky 1.08pm
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