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Old 28-05-2012, 10:26 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Strange plant ID anybody?


"sturmanskie" wrote
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Hello,

This is a first post! I'm hoping someone with some
expertise would be
able to solve something for me?

I have had a group of strange plants growing at the front
of my house
which looked really unusual so last year I dug one of them
up and re
potted in the garden (as they look like they are taking
over - after one
year roots were about 3cm thick).

Everyone who sees it comments on how unusual it is but
nobody seems to
know WHAT it is - and I suspect its something sinister ;-)

Some more info: They have just began to flower this year
and when leaves
/ branches are cut they secrete a lot of milk! Also when i
cut branches
or leaves off; the surrounding leaves quickly droop for a
couple of days
then recover.

Pictures below...

http://tinyurl.com/bsx32mk
http://tinyurl.com/6qmywfg
http://tinyurl.com/crj8odf
http://tinyurl.com/6rhbmkf
http://tinyurl.com/7qmcg8r

Any help gratefully received!


Euphorbia lathyrus, or caper spurge, or mole plant -
believed to deter moles.

someone