**HELP** What are these???

333.okh · July 4, 2010

Looked at an empty parcel for sale and these are all over it. About 10-12 feet tall with purple flowers.

Worth1 · July 4, 2010

I dont know but I want some. way cool.

Worth

333.okh · July 4, 2010

wife says more like 15 feet tall

Marko · July 4, 2010

Looks like Echium sp., could be self sown Echium pininiana.

Worth1 · July 4, 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marko

Looks like Echium sp., could be self sown Echium pininiana.

Looks like your right and they are invasive, got enough of that stuff already.

Worth

stormymater · July 4, 2010

Looks like something outtta Jurassic Park - what is that peeping back there?

VORTREKER · July 4, 2010

What zone were they growing in?

Love my garden · July 4, 2010

Those plants are amazing.....things like these catch my eye....

shlacm · July 4, 2010

YUCK! They look like BIG weeds, lol!

Sherry_AK · July 9, 2010

Did they eat the fence?

Timmah! · July 9, 2010

Look like giant green Q-Tips.

July 4, 2010	#1
333.okh Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 110	HELP What are these??? Looked at an empty parcel for sale and these are all over it. About 10-12 feet tall with purple flowers.

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VORTREKER Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Pottsboro Texas 7B-8A TRANSITION ZONE Posts: 77	. What zone were they growing in? __________________ Have you gardened all of your life? Not yet.

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Love my garden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Harmony, NC Posts: 39	Those plants are amazing.....things like these catch my eye.... __________________ Preservatives, Pesticides and Disco Suck!

July 4, 2010	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I dont know but I want some. way cool. Worth

July 4, 2010	#4
Marko Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Slovenia, Europe zone 7b Posts: 300	Looks like Echium sp., could be self sown Echium pininiana.

July 4, 2010	#6
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	Looks like something outtta Jurassic Park - what is that peeping back there?

July 4, 2010	#9
shlacm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central VA Posts: 436	YUCK! They look like BIG weeds, lol!

July 9, 2010	#10
Sherry_AK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alaska Zone 3/4 Posts: 1,857	Did they eat the fence?

July 9, 2010	#11
Timmah! Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky 6a Posts: 754	Look like giant green Q-Tips.