Plant id

[tommy the cat]

This has come up in the garden

I think I know what it is but can I have it confirmed peeps 😃
d

 

[ReamviThantos]

Purple loose strife?

 

[British Red]

Are you sure the flower matched the leaf chap?

 

[ReamviThantos]

Are you sure the flower matched the leaf chap?

i was wondering about that as seems like a big leaf for my suggestion.

 

[stuart f]

Hi TTC, i'd say Bistort(Polygonum bistorta) which is a member of Dock family. Have you got any more pics without your hand in the way? lol.

Cheers Stuart.

 

[shaggystu]

I'd say common Bistort Persicaria bistorta too, and agree that better photos would probably help, so not much to add really....other than, common Bistort has one the best popular names of anything...... Dragonwort!

Cheers,

Stuart.

 

[shaggystu]

....i'd say Bistort(Polygonum bistorta)......

I'd say common Bistort Persicaria bistorta.......

Had to check who'd got this right/wrong Stuart, apparently we both have ....it's a bloody taxonomical nightmare out there! And here I was thinking that learning the binomial names for species would make life simpler

Cheers,

Stuart.

 

[ReamviThantos]

Yes pericaria bistorta does seem to be the puppy.

 

[Toddy]

It's a lovely plant is Bistort. Your's is well ahead of mine; all I have yet are a lovely crop of fresh green leaves. It's edible, as a green vegetable, and isused to make puddings before the plant flowers. The roots have been used in herbal medicine for very long time as an astringent and as a wound cleaner/healer. I'm told that the roots are very starch rich (when you can get them in any quantity) and can be processed to make a flour that's very nutritious, but I haven't tried it.

Basically, a nice find, but don't let it get too rampant. Best kept contained like mint, in the garden.

atb,
Mary

 

[Elen Sentier]

Have you tried it on any dragons? What does it do to them?

behind every creative woman there's usually a very talented cat ...

 

[Elen Sentier]

Mine's behind that one too. Lovely plant. Didn't know about the flour, Mary, but I shan't be digging it up to try any time soon

behind every creative woman there's usually a very talented cat ...

 

[tommy the cat]

Ok that's what I thought....

Just another quick photo as its chucking down here....
Mary I may dig them up and plant else where as I don't want them where they are.... we'll see. Have you tried the pudding that gets mentioned?
Ta all d

 

[Toddy]

Easy to dig up and transplant Doesn't like dry.
What's the other thing growing in besides it though ?

I'm not a fan of eggy things, but iirc Xylaria made the pudding. As a veg it's pretty good

M

 

[tommy the cat]

Easy to dig up and transplant Doesn't like dry.
What's the other thing growing in besides it though ?

I'm not a fan of eggy things, but iirc Xylaria made the pudding. As a veg it's pretty good

M

I'm guessing the leaves cooked then Mary?!?
The other plant I can't remember it's an ornamental flower + another plant I haven't id yet!!!
I'll transplant it perhaps when it's died back?
d

 

[blacktimberwolf]

The pink flowers ( & the flowered plant in the back ground) are Hellebores.................don't know what the red stalked plant is though.

 

[tommy the cat]

The pink flowers ( & the flowered plant in the back ground) are Hellebores.................don't know what the red stalked plant is though.

Yep correct ,that's what I was told by a gardener customer of mine.
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