"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 12/8/04 6:28 pm, in article ,
"Chris Rowe" wrote:

Iv'e just come back from Stapehill Gardens in Dorset and I saw a plant
there
that Iv'e never seen before.

Nobody there could help so I'm hoping that someone here might be able
to,I'm
afraid there's no photo so I'll describe it as best I can.

About 2ft tall,exotic looking with bronze shiny fatsia shaped leaves
but
nothing like as big,small white flowers and
round(seedheads/fruit,maybe),spikey looking but rubbery to touch 1inch
diameter balls bronzy/green in colour

Iv'e googled but found nothing,I do hope someone can help as I think
it's
gorgeous

TIA Chris


Ricinus communis? Very poisonous. Try a Google image search to see if
that's the one.

The first 5 letters of the plant's name tells you what the toxin is. Anti
Terrorist Squad officers are just about to raid Stapehill Gardens in Dorset
and the press are going to have a field day saying "Traces of R**** have
been found there etc ...... If that doesn't make you sick, the castor oil
will ; )