You are the last on my list having posed this Q on several sites including f.b. Found this along a woodland trail around our local reservoir the following week it had disappeared completely as if it had never been there. Pretty sure it was not a UK natural or even a garden escapee Quite large approx 20cm flower spike, no scent to speak of,large banana type leaves, about 1.5m high with plenty of growing still to go.
I have answered this on the other question that you have posted with the image. Thanks!
Thank you so much, it is a first for me despite all the rummaging around the undergrowth I've done over the years.
Probably Alien to UK
This is Phytolacca esculenta. It is native worldwide, and can be considered quite invasive. Make sure that you don't eat the berries once they form. They are toxic.
This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm
g us but doesn’t know what it is. I think it looks like a Lilac Bush or may be Wisteria? There is flowering on the bush but it hadn’t quite come out fully. It’s a long flower.
It looks more like pokeweed, which some people like and others hate. It is a good wildlife plant if you have room to spare, if not, it can take over your yard. The birds eat the berries and drop seeds everywhere that grow easily but have to be dug up. The plant and berries are toxic to humans. If you have kids around I would not keep it.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/growing-pokeberry-plants.htm
The plant appeared after I bought a selection of perrenial plants from a WI stall at a local fete. I definitely didnt buy this knowingly so I think a piece of its root must have been in with the roots of another plant. What ever it is gives excellent value though, all through summer. It isnt the most attractive of plants but it's definitely interesting as it has three distinct phases. First the white frothy flower spikes, then the pretty seed pods and finally those pods turn purple/black and very shiny. I am attaching photos, the berries have justbturned colour in the last week. If you can throw any light on whether it's a garden plant or a very large weed, I'd be very grateful. Thank you.
This will be Pokeweed! Here is an article that will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm
I left a pot with potting soil on my planting table and before I planted something in it, these little plants popped up. Could someone please ID them for me? Thanks!
Pokeweed. Remove them before they establish. Also, that soil is very saturated, which the Pokeweed can survive (being as invasive at it is) but most other plants will not.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm
Could you please ID these 2 plants for me? I know the pretty little yellow flower plant is probably a weed, but it would be good to know. Thank you.
The plant in the container looks like pokeweed, though it usually has some pink or purple on the stems. You will know for sure if it flowers and produces a raceme of berries, similar to small grapes. If so, I don't advise keeping it. The leaves and berries are poisonous, except to birds who will eat them and drop seed everywhere and before you know it, pokeweed is growing all over the yard and is hard to pull up.
The yellow flowered plant is common wireweed (Sida acuta), and is useful as a native plant for wildlife. If left uncut, it can grow into a 4-foot shrub.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm
I found one plant growing in a pot with my other plants. The other one with the pretty yellow flowers is probably a weed, but I'd like to know. Could you identify them for me, please?
The plant in the container looks like pokeweed, though it usually has some pink or purple on the stems. You will know for sure if it flowers and produces a raceme of berries, similar to small grapes. If so, I don't advise keeping it. The leaves and berries are poisonous, except to birds who will eat them and drop seed everywhere and before you know it, pokeweed is growing all over the yard and is hard to pull up.
The yellow flowered plant is common wireweed (Sida acuta), and is useful as a native plant for wildlife. If left uncut, it can grow into a 4-foot shrub.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm