Bignonia - caustic substance on leaves?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Bignonia - caustic substance on leaves?
- From: D* M*
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:38:21 -0700 (PDT)
Anyone heard of this?
Note: forwarded message attached.
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- Subject: Bignonia - caustic substance on leaves?
- From: K* S*
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:23:59 -0400
- Content-Length: 740
I am developing a 1/2 acre memorial garden honoring victims and
survivors of a specific type of trauma. We encourage visitors to
interact by both touch and smell.
Yesterday I was threading a Tangerine Beauty Crossvine vine through an
arbor. Something on the leaves and/or vine got on my fingers on both
hands. It caused burning pain equivalent to someone smearing sulfuric
acid on my fingers. Five minutes of cold running water (while I cried)
and cortizone ointment finally stopped the pain.
I simply cannot have this in our garden if a chemical from the plant
caused it. Has anyone else run into this problem? It is the ONLY vine
on our three arbors that has flourished so quickly, which is ironic.
Katherine Sullivan
PARC-VRAMC
