On 2009-07-07 22:03:10 +0100, hound said:

Thank you all for your useful answers. I'll just treat it with respect,
and not lick my fingers after handling it. The local snails seem quite
happy to eat it, and a caterpillar is making its cocoon inside a leaf
that it has rolled up!!!

Nobody there called Dougal, is there? ;-)
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Sacha
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Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon