Shadehouse "pond"

[Leafmite]

I have no idea why plants that are potentially deadly are sold but even Monkshood is available for the garden. Yes, really.

Thanks about the pond plants. We had a very cold winter 2013-2014 and it took care of the lotus and other pond plants wintering in the garage. I lost herbs that had been happily growing for over twenty years. The big tragedy, though, was that many area people lost their fig trees. I felt pretty fortunate. Now that I have figs, I grow them indoors during the winter because of this.

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Originally Posted by Leafmite

I have no idea why plants that are potentially deadly are sold but even Monkshood is available for the garden. Yes, really.

Well... there are many, many toxic plants everywhere in the world. Almost nobody dies eating toxic plants. Millions of people are killed with the fork, but we don't try and ban forks.

Sorry about the fig trees. A few years back a friend in the Bronx lost a fig his grandfather brought from Sicily when he immigrated here.