«Red Star» - Organic Ricinus communis Seeds
1.14 €
Castor oil plant can reach a height of 1-2 metres. Gives a tropical feel to any garden. The glossy leaves are 15–45 cm long, long-stalked, alternate and palmate with 5-12 deep lobes with coarsely- toothed segments.
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Organic Castor Oil Plant «Red Star» / Ricinus communis
Castor oil plant can reach a height of 1-2 metres. Gives a tropical feel to any garden. The glossy leaves are 15–45 cm long, long-stalked, alternate and palmate with 5-12 deep lobes with coarsely- toothed segments.
Colour varies from dark green, sometimes with a reddish tinge, to dark reddish purple or bronze. A very attractive feature plant, ideal for the border and in creating taller groups of flowers, just check out our selection of flower seeds here, and choose your favourite or something new and unusual so you can too grow a wonderful flower garden.
The stems and the spherical, spiny seed pods also vary in pigmentation. The pods are more showy than the flowers, the male flowers are yellowish-green with prominent creamy stamens and are carried in ovoid spikes up to 15 cm long; the female flowers, borne at the tips of the spikes, have prominent red stigmas. And even the seeds are very pretty.
NOTE
All parts of the plant, including the seeds, are poisonous. Eating the seeds may be fatal. This plant is not recommended if you have small children. Again if you have children that naturally put things into their mouths, you probably should avoid this plant. If you do decide to grow it, educate your children about the dangers of this plant.