Giant leaves

I know it as elecampane...one of the common names is inula or horseheal its a valuable herb..

 

Elecampane is an herbal medicine used to treat a cough, nausea (upset stomach), worms, or lung irritations. It may also help lower blood sugar.

Other names for Elecampane include: Horseheal, Inula Helenium, Alant, Scabwort, Yellow Starwort, Helenium grandiflorum, Aster officinalis, and Aster helenium.

 

That's just what ours looks like. Thanks Wyldeflower.

 

I think we have it ID'd now Kedi.

Here are the snails that I had to fight off,well I should say they went for a quick swimming lesson down the loo :D

 

Oooo - I hadn't though of snails going swimming down the loo...is that worse than them going flying over the hedge? Will have to consider this as a new means of pest control!

 

Thanks Wyldeflower and Kandy for helping me get it ID'd.

Kandy, I got the shudders at the snails trying to get in via the window, hope I don't have nightmares!

Now, I don't know that swimming lessons down the loo is the right thing Kandy - and JarBax if you are seriously considering this method too - they might get jammed with those shells amd cause a complete blockage. Agh!!! I prefer the flying lessons over the hedge.

 

One problem with throwing them over the hedge KG,they climb back into the garden.I found a snail the other day that I had chucked over the fence into the piece of spare land at the side of us,with a large piece of it's shell missing where it landed with a crunch,so you may be chucking the same one over and over again. :D

I usually put mine in the recycling bin so they can go elsewhere.We need some Song Thrushes to finish them off.

My mum used to tread on them, but I can't bring myself to do that :eek:

 

Oh, I could never tred on them either Kandy, I am getting more shudders! - and think of the mess under your shoe! Either flying lessons or into the compost heap with them. Slugs either flying lessons too or into a bucket of salt water.

 

We were in Bad Zwischenahn a few days ago and the Inula there were full-grown and blooming so nicely. Think ours has had it this year, got battered by the rain and was not doing so well in the end.






See my thread Bad Zwischenahn in Garden Visits too.

 

We only have one plant this year and it is very disappointing after the past several years wonderful shows. And it is only waist-high as well!

 

Hi KG I hope you don't mind me putting these up on your thread but I had this plant flower this week which I think is a type of Inula but not sure, and then the last photo is of our giant leaved one that is slowly opening.Sorry about the lightness but it was photographed in the week when we had some sun...





This is the plant with the big leaves similar to yours...

 

Hi Kandy, it's fine to post your Inulas here too.

The first one looks very interesting with the very filigran hairs and little dots on the end. I thought the second one looked like something that we have but Hubby said no - I must go and look again! The third one looks like our above Inula, it blooms out of a rosette-like bit and secondary flowers underneath. I see them on your pic too.

 

Hi KG I never realised that the top two photos were an Inula.It has been growing in our North Facing border all year and then suprised me in flowering when the sun got going.I can't wait for the big leaved one to open it's flowers so you can see the flower properly

 

I'm sure that the big-leafed one is the same as mine Kandy. I'm looking forward to seeing a pic of it when it blooms.