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Old 02-06-2018, 11:27 AM   #25
tortydat
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Originally Posted by emma_mcraf View Post
I read up on it too and it’s interesting stuff. A lot of toxic plants are used medicinally. I’ll err on the safe side and put on gardening gloves to dig it out. Some say it has to be ingested to have an effect, others state it can react to skin contact.
They’re so pretty and folklore says it helps to keep bad things away or attract the fae.
I’m so tempted to move it elsewhere but with a dog and all the animals I think it’ll have to go. Why couldn’t it have been hollyhock?!
I love foxgloves and my garden is full of them and always has been occasionally I might move one if it is growing in one of the pens but otherwise they stay put. I did have a Horsfield that ate one once but he is still here to tell the tale and obviously has a death wish as was eating a poppy the other day!
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