Dear Master Gardener: I was given a small plant as a gift last spring. It grew into a gigantic plant with striking leaves and spiky pink seed pods. I've learned it is a castor bean plant. I'd like to ...

Sweltering heat and bright sunlight do not a tropical garden make, even if many common garden plants, from marigolds to okra, do hail from the tropics. That tropical look comes from lush, bold foliage ...

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The most poisonous plant on Earth, commonly known as castor bean, is growing along Roscoe Boulevard, between White Oak and Encino avenues, in Northridge. Did I say growing? In fact, several robust ...