"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:28:21 GMT, "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

I agree with Sacha. That was my first thought but ricinus leaves
can
be as big as fatsia and it can get to 4 or 5 feet tall. It's what
the
poison ricin is made from.

And it is also the source of castor oil, which I and my brothers
received each Friday night as children in order to purge our bodies.
Our souls were purged with a strap during the same session.

Franz