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Hi eggheads LOL 
One of my Customers (looooooovely garden) has two clumps of this growing on the shady side of her garden, through gravel. Both clumps are around 4' tall, and the leaves are a good hand-span across. I have small hands, the leaves are bigger! The leaves and flower stalks all grow from the ground, ie there is no single stem.
The flowers look like a bit like a Rudbeckia, they are a golden orange colour, and self-seed prolifically. The stalks and the backs of the leaves are a purple-red colour (like a good Port!) and the face of the leaves is a dark green, with almost a metallic sheen.
I would guess at some sort of Bog/marsh plant, and I'm assuming it's deciduous, but didn't ask. (D'oh
) If you pull at one of the leaf stems to break it off, it comes off reluctantly but leaves strings behind, like Comfrey does.
Anyway, I'm waffling, I know. I pulled out all the seedlings (as requested) and have potted some up, so if anyone wants some let me know!
Cheers all!
One of my Customers (looooooovely garden) has two clumps of this growing on the shady side of her garden, through gravel. Both clumps are around 4' tall, and the leaves are a good hand-span across. I have small hands, the leaves are bigger! The leaves and flower stalks all grow from the ground, ie there is no single stem.
The flowers look like a bit like a Rudbeckia, they are a golden orange colour, and self-seed prolifically. The stalks and the backs of the leaves are a purple-red colour (like a good Port!) and the face of the leaves is a dark green, with almost a metallic sheen.
I would guess at some sort of Bog/marsh plant, and I'm assuming it's deciduous, but didn't ask. (D'oh
) If you pull at one of the leaf stems to break it off, it comes off reluctantly but leaves strings behind, like Comfrey does.Anyway, I'm waffling, I know. I pulled out all the seedlings (as requested) and have potted some up, so if anyone wants some let me know!
Cheers all!
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