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Old 30-08-2013, 10:24 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Strange dahlias

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Victoria Conlan wrote:
Peter James wrote:
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They certainly are not dahlias, and I am intrigued and would like to
know what they are.
The local Garden Centre couldn't identify them. We think they came out
of a packet of Thomson and Morgan seed.


Heh, I've got a huge pile of them after Nick bought me a giant one in
a pot last year, and it seeded everywhere. It's a datura. The spikey
seed pods are really quite painful when you accidentally step on one!


Only when ripe, and only to people with soft feet! Those spikes
are quite soft when green and not all that hard when brown.
But I agree that they can be a nasty shock :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.