Article 2TXNZ The return of the giant hogweed: Country diary 50 years ago

The return of the giant hogweed: Country diary 50 years ago

by
William Condry
from Environment | The Guardian on (#2TXNZ)

Originally published in the Guardian on 1 July 1967

MACHYNLLETH: When a friend wrote recently and added a PS, "How's that plant?" I knew that he meant the giant hogweed I described in this diary a year ago and which brought in more letters than anything I have ever mentioned. Last year's plants duly disappeared but this year one has come up in a different place. It sowed itself at a path edge and for several weeks looked harmless enough. But suddenly it stretched out huge arms all round and now the path is quite blocked. Meanwhile its main stem is shooting up with equal speed and will soon be expanding massive umbels. I see it through the window as I write.

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