Weed or Flower

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  1. maskelly

    maskelly Member

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    Please could you help us identify this plant as either a flower of a weed ?
    We currently have 3 of them in a flower bed, they each currently stand at 18inchs high with no sign of them producing any kind of bloom, they just seem to be getting bigger and producing just leaves !
    Your help is much appreciated.
     

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  2. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Hmmm... Nicotiana, perhaps?

    May need photographs of flower to verify.

    If it is causing problems for other plants, my inclination would be to tear out 1 or 2 of them (use gloves!), and leave the other(s) long enough for it/them to flower to help pin down the identification. It certainly looks precocious enough to be weedy.
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Both: it's common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).
     
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  4. maskelly

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    Thanks to you both for your comments, I will wait until they flower to confirm identity and will report back with pictures.
     
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