Plant ID

Hello
This is my first post and I am afraid that it is another "What is this plant" post. I recently cleared an area of garden and in the space of about 4 weeks about 30 of the plants in the attached file grew! I have not seen them in the garden before and I am curious as to what they are.

Many thanks
Kieron

 

They are teasels http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/1244.shtml The wild bird population will go mad for the seeds. Depends on your view point whether friend or foe, but I'm growing some from seed this year!

Hope this Helps!

 

Can Teasel be problematic? I was thinking of growing some for the birds.

 

I'm not too sure, I was thinking that teasels could be seen as a weed rather than a plant that you would want to cultivate. I've taken the plunge and I'm growing some!

Hope this Helps!

 

I think a lot depends on the size of your garden.

I treat aquilegia as a semi-weed, simply because if I let it establish I'd have no room for anything else. The same probably applies for teasel.