![]() ![]() ![]() Drawing on history, medicine, science and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, enlighten and alarm even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers. ![]() Menacing botanical illustrations render a ghastly portrait of evildoers that may be lurking in your back (or front) garden. Bestselling author Amy Stewart takes on two hundred of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate and otherwise offend. ![]() Wicked Plants The A-Z Of Plants That Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise OffendĪ tree that sheds poison daggers a glinting red seed that stops the heart a shrub that causes paralysis a climbing plant that strangles and a leaf that triggered a war. I love being in the garden, so reading anything gardening related really grabs my attention. This book struck my interest right away, as I also love gardening and run a gardening and frugal living blog. Today’s book review is Wicked Plants: The A-Z of Plants That Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend by Amy Stewart. While I do love a good novel, I find more joy expanding my knowledge with a reference book, especially ones that stand out as a bit different on the bookshelf. Collecting books from my travels, as gifts from friends and scouring charity shops for great new reads. ![]()
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