Mystery plant - help!

During a visit to Dorset last year, my friend and I bought a couple of plants from a table outside a village hall. Most were readily recognisable herbs but there were two pots of a plant that neither of us recognised. We bought them and determined to find out what the plants were. Sadly, I am still none the wiser!

The plant has flourished in a pot in my garden, it stayed small throughout summer but shot up in autumn. It smells wonderful and had small yellow/green flowers for a very brief period during the autumn.

I have attached a picture and would be so pleased to finally discover what it is. :yho:

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I think it's Ruta graveolens, Common Rue. Very pretty and with an unusual smell but beware, the sap is an irritant and can affect sensitve skin quite badly.

Chris

 

Aye.. it is!

 

Thank you! The mystery is solved - although, having read a bit more a bit more about Common Rue following your posts, I am not too sure what to do with this plant in my garden! :cnfs:

 

It needs a sunny well drained site.. and as we've mentioned , it can cause an allergic reaction... so not somewhere people can brush past it.

It grows to about 2 ft at most!