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HighHopes
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Plant help (pic included)
Any ideas what this plant is? Sorry if it is an obvious one I'm sloooooowly learning .
Message edited 5/20/2009 4:14:20 PM.
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Re: Plant help (pic included)
no pic 
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HighHopes
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Re: Plant help (pic included)
too large....attempt #4 
oh and is it  ??? Image Attachment(s):
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greenfreak
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Re: Plant help (pic included)
That's Digitalis, aka Foxglove.
Be very careful! It's poisonous, even if you handle the leaves for too long. It's where they get the cardiac medication digitalis from.
They only bloom the 2nd year so I think they are expensive. My mother bought some last year and didn't have much luck. I've always loved them but with our dog, I can't buy them.
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HighHopes
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Kathy
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Re: Plant help (pic included)
Posted by greenfreak
That's Digitalis, aka Foxglove.
Be very careful! It's poisonous, even if you handle the leaves for too long. It's where they get the cardiac medication digitalis from.
They only bloom the 2nd year so I think they are expensive. My mother bought some last year and didn't have much luck. I've always loved them but with our dog, I can't buy them.
Thank you for replying. WOW from the looks of it I would never have thought it was poisonous!
Any recommendations for a similar looking plant which is pet & kid friendly? I especially likes the dots of color within the flower. I kinda reminded me of an orchid  .
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08BabySurprise
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Re: Plant help (pic included)
How about delphiniums? They are beautiful! They do grow pretty tall though.
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| Posted 5/21/09 11:41 AM |
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joenick
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Re: Plant help (pic included)
Posted by greenfreak
That's Digitalis, aka Foxglove.
Be very careful! It's poisonous, even if you handle the leaves for too long. It's where they get the cardiac medication digitalis from.
They only bloom the 2nd year so I think they are expensive. My mother bought some last year and didn't have much luck. I've always loved them but with our dog, I can't buy them.
OMG...I just bought this. It's poisonous? To humans?? What would my kids have to do to that plant in order to get sick? They don't go near it. Is it still ok?
To the OP...sorry to hijack!! 
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greenfreak
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Re: Plant help (pic included)
Great suggestion, Maria. Delphiniums are really pretty!
Posted by joenick
OMG...I just bought this. It's poisonous? To humans?? What would my kids have to do to that plant in order to get sick? They don't go near it. Is it still ok?
To the OP...sorry to hijack!!
I'm sorry, I put everything I know about them in the post, so I guess for anything else, try google. I actually learned about Digitalis through my Paramedic class years ago and was really surprised to find that they were one in the same. I guess it shouldn't surprise me, there are a lot of things that are derived from well known flowers like Saffron from Crocus or Echinacea from Purple Coneflower.
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HighHopes
U are my best Christmas gift!
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Kathy
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Re: Plant help (pic included)
Posted by 08BabySurprise
How about delphiniums? They are beautiful! They do grow pretty tall though.
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 !!!! Thank you so very much. The flower reminds me of anemone, which I love  .
Joenick-Valerie no worries  . I would have done the same thing.
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ChrisDee
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Re: Plant help (pic included)
Posted by HighHopes
too large....attempt #4
oh and is it ???
I am not sure, but I saw it today at Walmart in Setauket
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