Those huge leaves by the stream need further investigation…
Fabulous if you have the space…
A little nearer now…
I’d love to kid you into thinking it’s rhubarb, but you are all far too clever! (It isn’t even related!)
As I get right up close, I can see sharp prickles, fluffy pink stem bases, and… could those green shoots be the flowers?
Gunnera manicata
(Giant Rhubarb/Mammutblatt)
An amazing herbaceous plant that comes from the southern hemisphere. These have been in this particular garden I visited for many years and have to be kept in check, along with the Bamboo and the Japanese Knotweed! (Japanische Staudenknöterich – Fallopia japonica)
Japanese Knotweed
Are there invasive species threatening your garden or local vicinity?
- Photographed at the end of August, at Cottesbrooke Hall, UK
