Thank you very much for your kind comments. I was very lucky I began digging my pond myself when I got a call from the county road division. They asked if they could help build it by removing dirt for a new highway. I said sounds great! They came in with two giant track hoes and 15 dump trucks for six months.
I agree with fellow scientist and doctor. Punc Doc. This plant is very toxic. In a mystical way, it perhaps is saying. Come closer etc. It is often used in display beds in parks and gardens. To a flower bed in summer. It is often used as what is known as a dot plant. A plant that is so different from its companions. It attract, it stands out but beware. This lady has hidden properties.
I think ricin was the poison used to kill Georgii Markov the spy in London. It was put onto the pointed end of an umbrella and he was stabbed with it !
Different plants, castor oil Ricinus Communis is very tender and comes from warm sunny climes and is very toxic fatsia japonica meanwhile will grow up a mountain with snow and frost and really don't enjoy lots of direct sun
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Tender but I see them growing in fairly exposed places, such as in gardens up by Strawberry Bank, which at about 670ft is the highest point in Notts.
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