Acanthus mollis
Late Spring 2018
40
Late Summer 2016
20

SylviaDavies
Help me identify this plant please #plantid. Was kindly given some roots from a colleague. Apparently grows quite big but I have to confess my partner mistook it for a weed and has recently strimmed it! ! 😢

Squares
looks like acanthus....

carolgs
I agree acanthus / bears breaches

SylviaDavies
Thanks both it's been a plant i always wanted smile. May reconsider it's location now though! 😃

KatieCat
I have dug mine out, it has nasty thorns coming out of the flower,spreads like mad, and each year it gets covered in mildew @sylviaDavies

SylviaDavies
Oh right @KatieCat will keep an eye on it! Sounds nasty! Lol
My first flower head and this is so prickly!
Goodness will have to have a mooch around the foliage to see what’s afoot!
Me too Val! @valjones-hughes
Take it you have both got some? @awomanonabike @valjones-hughes
Yes @SylviaDavies I had it in my garden in London (which I rescued from the garden of a derelict house 😉) and gave a root to a friend in Llwyngwril. When we came back to Wales he brought me a root of his plant. It’s a plant with a history!
A great bear’s breeches tale Val! @valjones-hughes Yes I have it too Sylvia. Moved some last year as it wasn’t getting enough sun so what flowers it had were wonky!