Re: laburnum
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- Subject: Re: laburnum
- From: L* C*
- Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 13:14:01 -0700
Thanks Diane,
That is also a convincing argument against as this garden in San Jose has
two Great Danes, one of whom tries eating everything.
Somehow among all our animals (various dogs, chickens, cats) and poisonous
plants (euphorbias, brugmansias, etc) we haven't had a problem with animals
eating the poisonous plants. knock on wood.
--
Laura
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Laura Cooper
> From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>
> Reply-To: voltaire@islandnet.com
> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 12:36:58 -0700
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: laburnum
>
>
> There used to be lots of laburnums in Victoria, and regular reports
> in the newspaper of poisoning because children would eat the "beans"
> in the pods. I pulled mine out about 20 years ago, and I continue to
> pull out the seedlings that are still coming up. I suspect that
> other people deliberately destroyed theirs, too, because I don't see
> them much anymore.
>
> Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
> zone 8, Sunset zone 5, cool mediterranean climate
>
>
