Can you identify this one please?

[FestiveRoad]

Ok, I've not weeded this bed for a while and this is now about 6 feet. Please can you tell me what it is?

I don't have the heart to cut it down. It's just about to break out in yellow flowers.

[MrsLettuce]

It's Mullain, the spikes will bear yellow flowers and it'll self seed like crazy.

[MrsLettuce]

here. Spelt it wrong, of course.

[FestiveRoad]

Oh that's great! Thank you so much. That explains why there are a few of them.

On the wiki page it says
"western United States residents commonly refer to mullein as "cowboy toilet paper"."

[Ferguson]

I was going to say it is verbascum - but now I see it's diff names for same plant!

And there are also many cultivated varieties of it, which I didn't know. Our ones get devoured by masses of caterpillars.

[CuttedUpPear]

Mullein.

[mumma24]

I was going to say verbascum too

[Swannupmanship]

Get it and its mates out and burn them or they will take over. The seeds spread very easily and it can invade lawns too

[MrsLettuce]

Ach, it's not that invasive. One needs to keep an eye but it's easy enough to keep on top of if you like them.