27 Jun '05 2:36 am I have a plant in my garden that has the following features and I don't remember it's name. Perhaps someone can help. It has a leaf somewhat like a gunnera however more jagged almost like an extended maple leaf. The plant at this time is approx. 7feet tall and has a flower somewhat like a greatly enlarged Queen Ann's Lace ie. approx 16" across with many pods sprouting from the plant. the flower can also be discribed as a group or gathering of Queen Anne's lace to make one giant flower.Can anyone help please.
The Giant Hogweed sounds pretty scary - blistering of the skin?! Get out your gardening gloves and sellotape them to your sleeves!!
Jo-Anne
valued helper
Ontario, Canada
Giant Hogweed
5 Aug '05 3:02 pm YIKES! Sorry to shout but get that stuff out of your garden! Two summers ago I got terrible blisters on my arm and hand while pulling weeds in a garden where we had just moved. I had never had anything more terrible that being caught by stinging nettles before that, and that was no fun. These blisters were very painful and burned like someone was holding a lit match to my skin! I tried a couple of different things and finally just put some Gold Bond ointment on and a light gauze bandage. Nearly a week later I returned to weeding and there were still slight blisters left. There were scars like old burn scars on my arm for more than a year afterwards. I wore gloves that next time and bagged those weeds for the garbage instead of burning them. That horrible weed doesn't grow in my garden anymore. Thank goodness!
I'm a great fan of the English tv program that's shown in Canada, called Rosemary and Thyme. These two gardening ladies solve all kinds of mysteries, some relating to garden problems and some not. One of the stories was about a very cruel woman who was slowly torturing this poor man by stewing up some giat hogweed leaves and putting the juice into his skin cream. Of course he only got worse!
I have a plant in my garden that has the following features and I don't remember it's name. Perhaps someone can help. It has a leaf somewhat like a gunnera however more jagged almost like an extended maple leaf. The plant at this time is approx. 7feet tall and has a flower somewhat like a greatly enlarged Queen Ann's Lace ie. approx 16" across with many pods sprouting from the plant. the flower can also be discribed as a group or gathering of Queen Anne's lace to make one giant flower.Can anyone help please.
