Last year in my capacity as a gardener I was asked to clear an area of domestic flower garden in Kent UK. Plants were to be thrown out. The plant in the three photos caught my eye as the leaves grow directly on stems that enter the earth. So I dug it up, put in a pot and kept it in the greenhouse over Winter. Now I see yellowing leaves and I guess the greenhouse is getting too hot and I need to plant it outside in the correct aspect. Can anyone ID this plant please?
It looks like rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum. But there is a look-alike called Arctium minus, common burdock, that is not edible. Are There Other Plants That Look Like Rhubarb? That page indicates that the burdock stems are hollow and leaves are fuzzy underneath.
Leaves not right for Rhubarb or Burdock...note deeply lobed leaves in pics Possibly young leaves of Acanthus mollis. acanthus mollis juvenille leaves - Google Search:
Good, thanks. Acanthus wasn't even shown on my queries for rhubarb lookalikes. Maybe most plant people wouldn't consider them so similar.
Thank you all for your help. I had recently noticed in other gardens I am employed in that Acanthus has many ‘types ’ (if that is the correct word) of leaf and it also varies from very dark green to a light green but I did not tie up those thoughts with my this plant.
