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Ricinus Communis Gibsonii
£3.40per packet
Buy 2, get a 3rd free
This striking compact variety of the fast growing caster oil plant will add drama to any border or bed and is ideal as a screen or can be grown in a pot. It has attractive large dark red, metallic palmate leaves with deeply incised lobes. Bright, eye-catching spikes of small scarlet flowers which are attractive to bees and butterflies are followed by prickly seed capsules.
- Common name
- Castor Oil Plant
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Packet content
- 10 seeds
- Height
- 1.5 m
- Light level
- Full Sun
- Growth habit
- Annual
- Hardiness rating
- H3
- Pollinator-friendly
- No
- Moisture
- Free draining
- Region of origin
- Northern Africa
- Colour
- Red
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