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<\/p>\nI recently snagged some Oleander pods from the parking lot of a neighborhood restaurant. In California it is common to have plantings in parking lots. <\/p>\n
Oleander has a reputation for killing people and animals. Some stories have a valid science component, others lean toward myth and urban legend.<\/p>\n
The pods I snagged have dried and opened exposing their lovely seeds.<\/p>\n
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Why did I snag the seed pods? I use poison plant bits in my work. Some of the bits that I use are from plants banned in a few states. The reason for the ban is reactionary. A couple of kids decide to get high, use too much, have a bad reaction, and the plant is held responsible.<\/p>\n
Each of the cups in my Poison Cup<\/i> series has a small bag of bits from poisonous plants. These are a few of the bags included in the series.<\/p>\n
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The title of the series is actually Preservation<\/i>. While the cups refer to the tea ceremony and poison goblets, the cups have been perforated making them a nice vessel for seedlings.<\/p>\n Treat with Respect contains the seed bag in the upper right corner of the above graphic. Additional image of the series can be seen on my website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nerium (Oleander)<\/a><\/p>\n Fatal Wienie Roast<\/a><\/p>\n Oleander Poisoning<\/a><\/p>\n ASPCA<\/a><\/p>\n The Poison Garden Website<\/a><\/p>\n The Merck Veterinary Manual<\/a><\/p>\n I recently snagged some Oleander pods from the parking lot of a neighborhood restaurant. In California it is common to have plantings in parking lots. Oleander has a reputation for killing people and animals. Some stories have a valid science component, others lean toward myth and urban legend. The pods I snagged have dried and … Continue reading Potentially Dangerous Can Be Beautiful<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,30,15,26,27,4,31,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-gardens","category-materials","category-misc-interests","category-needlework","category-observations","category-plants","category-rituals-and-traditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2957"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2982,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions\/2982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThe bag contains 11 Castor Bean seeds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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