Re: Re: Re: Devils claw
John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU)
Thu, 17 Feb 94 07:35:09 DST
>(Another lurker surfaces :-) )
>I have grown some Proboscidea louisianica for the last two years; first year
>from Thompson + Morgan seed, second from my own. They're pretty easy, even in
>England where I was then. They are covered in sticky hairs, and smell a little
>unpleasant. I never saw any insects get stuck however, despite a whitefly
>plague in the greenhouse that year :( They are attractive enough though, and
>the seed pods are quite interesting. I will grow more!
>
> Tim
Two questions - are they carnivorous and are they annual or perennial
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