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I'm with you both Hazel & GF. The foxglove I planted is in the very last bed where the dogs cannot reach it.
It's weird that this is such a toxic plant yet hummers like Foxglove.
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I just found another plant that turns out to be toxic if ingested but that hummers like....but fer the life o' me, eye kant recawl the naym... japonica, maybe?
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Nah, that wasn't it. I just googled it and japonica is Japanese honeysuckle and that isn't what I'm thinking of.
nvm
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Azalea's are highly toxic and Horse Chestnut is on the poisonous list as well.
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Really!! We used to have a horse chestnut tree near my folks house when I was a kid. We loved picking up the chestnuts and peeling off the shells.
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Horse chesnut poisoning is rarely fatal, but typically causes vomiting, loss of coordination, stupor, and occasionally, paralysis. Maybe this explains Madame Hazel?
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I think you might be onto something there!
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Thank dawg the chestnuts are rarely fatal.
I remember all us neighborhood kids would spend hours peeling off the prickly skins to find the hidden treasure too....twitch, twitch.
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Don't be put off by yours being a richer colour, weather conditions can make roses do crazy things, but if yours doesn't produce hips etc. then it can't be this one. It's just the form of your rose made me think of this one. http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.629 |
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I dog earred a page in my Botanica's Pocket Roses book on the Belle Poitevine.
It appears to be a Rosa rugosa hybrid but mine also produces red hips in the fall. It also has a very strong scent and there are still many blooms to come out. Thank you for researching this GF.
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Good for you, klm, looks like you were ahead of me anyway. I mentioned how weather effects roses simply because Kronenburg here has given me a pale pink bloom in warm weather, and very dark pink/red blooms in cold weather. Then when I look at the photo in my Botanica of 10.000 garden plants, Kronenburg looks a dusky pink/red. Just Joey is another that can look totally different according to climate, but they are all beautiful. I love yours anyway, the fragrance on top of such a beautiful colour makes it extra special.
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