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Old 02-07-2009, 04:59 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: Waiting for warmer weather!!!

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Originally Posted by Worm_Farmer View Post
I thought it looked a lot like a caster bean, but mine NEVER got that big. Does yours also have the Hot Pink spikey flowers?
Here are the two different types of castors I have tried...
The first one is from last summer and is the "purple leafed" castor:



This is the "regular" castor from 2007:



As you can plainly see, the regular is a much more vigorous plant than the "purple leafed" type. Both are about the exact same age. I like the look of the purple leafed type, but the overall size of the regular tends to make a more pronounced statement. As far as the red/pink prickly seed pods, yes, they both produced the same looking pod.
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