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Poisonous plants
Rodger Whitlock17/4/04 1:53
On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:16:14 +0100, Charlie Pridham wrote: I was just having a bit of a general grump about having to put toxicity warnings on all plants when there are so many ways a plant can harm you, that you are in danger of having a booklet sized label for them. IMHO, there's a real downside to overdoing the "poisonous plant" schtick as some of the earth-mother crowd are wont. Namely, by running around claiming that nearly every garden plant is "poisonous", you obscure the fact that some plants present genuine, serious hazards not to be sneezed at. Yes but if nursery owners *don't* give a warning, they could be in trouble, even if all little Johnnie gets is a skin rash. ;-( Aconitum napellus, the common monkshood, is very poisonous, in the true sense of the word: it won't just give you a tummy ache if you ingest it: it can easily kill you. As long as you grow it in the perennial border, it probably doesn't present a real threat, but you don't want to grow it anywhere near a patch of Jerusalem artichokes because the roots of the two look too much alike. Shame because it's a handsome plant. snip -- Sacha (remove the weeds to email me) |
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