No plants should ever be taken from any nature reserve or nature trail and it is illegal for anyone, without permission of the owner or occupier of the land, to uproot any wild plant. A number of very rare plants in danger of extinction, or likely to become so, are specially protected by law, and removal or sale of any part of these plants is an offence. A person found guilty of breaking these laws may be fined up to £1,000, and if more than one plant is involved, this fine may be imposed for each of them. The Botanical Society of the British Isles lists species protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981.
Just a note on the berries. Whilst they are poisonous, it would take a very determined person to eat more than one. The sensation is likened to having a mouthful of sharp needles.
You SHOULD NOT TAKE ANY PLANT FROM THE WILD. THIS IS WHAT CREATES EXTINCTION . MANY OF OUR NATIVE PLANTS ARE EXTINCT. YOU CAN BUY THE CULTIVATED PLANTS FROM THE NURSERY .
ALSO WHAT YOU SHOULD TAKE INTO MIND IS THE FACTTHAT YOU CAN BRING VIRUS AND DISEASE INTO YOURS AND EVERYONE S GARDEN NEARBY MANY DISEASES WILL KILL CULTIVATED PLAN TS WHICH YOU HAVE. WHEN PLAN TS GROW IN THE WILD LIKE THIS THEY B UILD UP THEIR OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM . CULTIVATED PLANTS ARE NOT SO INDISTRuCTABLE. .
SO PLEASE DO NOT BRING WILD INTO CULTIVATED .
SCIENTISTS USE THE GENETICS OF WILD FLOWERS FOR THE GOOD OF CULTIVATED , DISEASE FREE NEW STRAIN PLANTS.
I forgot to say if you do want a plant from this family look at Arum Dracunculus . This is masive The flower spike is burgendy mine measured from the bulbus part to the tip a whacking 32 inches . The leaves are very attractive ,it realy is a big plant , Beautiful the day it is fully out -Infact at each stage its intresting . BUT this is what I advise : Plant at the bottom of your garden - it realy does stink . First year I had a flower on this I was looking round for the victim . Living in the country with surrounding fields my first suspect was a pheasent had died somewhere close by. But it was the plant in flower . Makes a good photo shot - which is why I keep it ! The Yellow ones too of the same family are attractive - these grow near water I have only seen them in a national trust property - can't remember which one but think it was in Cheshire.but I cant say wether they smell or not . I am not meaning the cultivated smell less type which you CAN buy in a pot from the nurseries.
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No plants should ever be taken from any nature reserve or nature trail and it is illegal for anyone, without permission of the owner or occupier of the land, to uproot any wild plant. A number of very rare plants in danger of extinction, or likely to become so, are specially protected by law, and removal or sale of any part of these plants is an offence. A person found guilty of breaking these laws may be fined up to £1,000, and if more than one plant is involved, this fine may be imposed for each of them. The Botanical Society of the British Isles lists species protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981.
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Just a note on the berries. Whilst they are poisonous, it would take a very determined person to eat more than one. The sensation is likened to having a mouthful of sharp needles.
Birds can and do eat them.
You SHOULD NOT TAKE ANY PLANT FROM THE WILD. THIS IS WHAT CREATES EXTINCTION . MANY OF OUR NATIVE PLANTS ARE EXTINCT. YOU CAN BUY THE CULTIVATED PLANTS FROM THE NURSERY .
ALSO WHAT YOU SHOULD TAKE INTO MIND IS THE FACTTHAT YOU CAN BRING VIRUS AND DISEASE INTO YOURS AND EVERYONE S GARDEN NEARBY MANY DISEASES WILL KILL CULTIVATED PLAN TS WHICH YOU HAVE. WHEN PLAN TS GROW IN THE WILD LIKE THIS THEY B UILD UP THEIR OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM . CULTIVATED PLANTS ARE NOT SO INDISTRuCTABLE. .
SO PLEASE DO NOT BRING WILD INTO CULTIVATED .
SCIENTISTS USE THE GENETICS OF WILD FLOWERS FOR THE GOOD OF CULTIVATED , DISEASE FREE NEW STRAIN PLANTS.
If you still want some in your shady border ask Maud to send you some - sounds like you can have some of hers and gladly just for the asking.
I forgot to say if you do want a plant from this family look at Arum Dracunculus . This is masive The flower spike is burgendy mine measured from the bulbus part to the tip a whacking 32 inches . The leaves are very attractive ,it realy is a big plant , Beautiful the day it is fully out -Infact at each stage its intresting . BUT this is what I advise : Plant at the bottom of your garden - it realy does stink . First year I had a flower on this I was looking round for the victim . Living in the country with surrounding fields my first suspect was a pheasent had died somewhere close by. But it was the plant in flower . Makes a good photo shot - which is why I keep it ! The Yellow ones too of the same family are attractive - these grow near water I have only seen them in a national trust property - can't remember which one but think it was in Cheshire.but I cant say wether they smell or not . I am not meaning the cultivated smell less type which you CAN buy in a pot from the nurseries.