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Can you help us and identify this plant please?
“Did you know that you’ve got a giant dock weed growing in the herbaceous border?” “Well yes and no. I thought it might be a dock at first but its leaves are larger and curly.” Danny picked a regular dock leaf and compared them. Same colour, similar veins. The dock leaf was much smaller, without the grandiose frills. I nipped inside and searched online for a plant with dock like leaves and found several possibilities but I would really like to know exactly what this plant is. It needs to be moved as it is dominating a newly planted...
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