Strange things happening in my garden

[divvy]

I have had some really strange plants coming up in my garden this year . I can only think that seeds have come in in compost or something . Plant 1 is stink cap fungus. I have never had this before and have been here for 34 years . This year I have dug up 18 eggs and 2 had grown the rather rude bit that stinks. Plant 2 . Is about 3ft high , one stem, green, has pointed leaves that have spikes along the underside of the main rib , the leaves are about 1ft long and where they join the stem they make cups to hold water in . Plant 3 , now this is the most amazing one , It is now 6ft tall , has velvet leaves that are wide and about 1 1/2 ft long and now has a flower spike on the top with small yellow flowers on that are flat open flowers . Where the leaves meet the stem there is a small group of leaves rather like armpits on tomatos . Before anyone says pic please I will try but as I have said before I'm not tech minded. Also the top of the big plant that we are calling " feed me " is bent over so I am waiting for it to straighten first . Had to post this though as so strange.

[Flummery]

Your third one is probably mullein. As to why there should be stinkhorn in your garden, I couldn't say - it's usually in woodland. Not sure about no. 2 from the description.

I love mullein by the way - I have it in my garden and let it seed freely.

[divvy]

Strange things happening in my garden


These are , hopefully pics of the strange plants in my garden .

[Flummery]

Second looks like a teasel. Can't see the yellow flowers in the first pic but it could still be a mullein, although mine are much greyer and feltier in the leaf.

[zebedee29]

Hello there!
How great is this website! This is my first post and i just wanted to say thanks. I'd been online for ages yesterday (having exhausted my books) trying to identify what is definately your plant no 2, which has grown about 20 plants ranging from 12" to 4ft high. Your posts have given me the answer!
So I have teasels. They are strange plants, holding the water in their stem, and those spikes on their leaves are very painful. Now I know. I will sleep better tonight, and i will leave some in for the birds in Autumn.
Thanks again!

[Incy]

The flowers on the first pic are right at the top leaning towards the window Flum. I've never seen any of these before but they are indeed very strange.

[divvy]

Your telling me they are strange. Yes the one without flowers could be teazle as I brought home some seeds 2 years ago from Dorset. Glad to be of assistance Incy ) The big one with the spike of yellow flowers has me beat . It has grown in the worst place , a tiny thin border round the patio and right in a rose bush . I wanted to dig it out but as that may kill it I decided to leave it till it matured and I found out if it was worth keeping . In which case I shall move it to a better spot after it has seeds so I can save them. Flummery , the leaves are quite grey and very velvety. The flower spike is leaning toward the window . It is about 8 inches long and has flat yellow flowers on it that seem to be working their way up like a foxglove does. What is Mullein please ? .

[Snadger]

I usually refer to Mullien as Verbascum (it sounds powsher!)

It is an architectural plant and seeds itself very easily. Usually like dry barren ground that nothing else will grow in. Like flum, I love em!

[Jardiniere]

Crikey...i would have just said 1. is a weed. 2. is a weed. 3. is a weed.
I like mullein and teasel but not in the garden.

[roitelet]

A weed is only a plant in the wrong place! I let mullen, white campion, ragged robin and poppys and lots of others seed freely. Saves filling gaps in the beds!

[Flummery]

You can get posh garden verbascums but the wild type mullein, the one I have and the one I THINK you have doesn't have such showy flowers. It (and figwort) is host to the mullein moth - so in my book, a Good Thing.