Giant Hogweed colony

There is a fantastic colony of Giant Hogweeds by the River Lark in Suffolk! There are about 20 or 30 and they are massive :D



To give an idea of size - this is my phone on a young leaf


This bud is like a small cabbage!


This is a flowerhead


They towered above me


Both Giant and ordinary Hogweed are coming in to flower now, so I suspect that anything similar with seeds already is going to be hemlock

 

That bud should have gone in the competition!
More great pictures, Hormbeam.

 

The pictures are brilliant..the hogweed is awesome it would be a nice desk top picture for the pc..its nice to see its still surviving..Their is a lot of flowers in the hogweeds family i have been looking in my wildflower book i see my sweet cicely is a relation also..

 

Just a thought but how will they do in shade? I will try to get picture of one I have my eye on tonight, it looks very similar and growing under similar conditions.

 

They do like damp ground and I have only ever seen them in sunshine. There were none growing in the shade at this site.

 

Fantastic plant and a fantastic picture

 

were hogweeds used for anything? as in a usefull plant as everything serves a purpose its just working out what it was used for..i presume it may have been fed to hogs?? thats just a guess..

 

OK here is mine, it looks a similar size and in similar conditions.




Photo bucket has now gone funny on me, won't stop telling me I have won a free plasma TV!

 

Yes - it is the real thing. Good luck with the seeds

 

Thanks - have some drying off already, just not sure about shade aspect, but I am going to pollard the willow so may not be too bad.

 

waco..have you any spare seeds?? also photo bucket is allways telling me i have won something i dont click on the prize just in case :confused:

 

no neither do I .
I am sure there will be loads of seed, the flower head is HUGE!!!!

I am going to dry them out, but If mother plant does it for me, I will get some more. will keep you updated, you are welcome to them.

 

Thanks for the tip, Wildflower. I have sent them some photos.

 

Thats okay i will look forward to seing them next time i am in that place..

 

they are allready on show hornbeam..dont they look brilliant!!