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Oh...wowzers!!! It is a great ring of lovliness!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for info on Castor beans...I had thought he was growing them for castor bean oil...or ornamentally...and it was for the latter...I guess the castor oil comes from a different plant! With the info you gave me, I would never want to plant that here!!!
Wonderful blooms mamm, i hope have one
ReplyDeleteThanks Claude,,,my greeting from Libya
Wish just one cactus would bloom for me!!! Love it!!
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