On 01/08/14 13:07, Andy Burns wrote:
Phil L wrote:

I actually seen a few grown purposely in someone's rather neat garden
a few
days ago...why would anyone want a huge weed as a centrepiece?

My nan had one for the butterflys ...



I have a large garden with several in it.

cut down to a couple of feet in spring, they reach about 15 feet at this
time of year and produce magnificent colour.

Left to their own devices they look pretty ugly. The secret is to smack
em down to an inch of their lives so that all te growth is 'new ' growth
as that's where the flowers are.



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