July 30, 2019 Growing Castor Bean, Emily Brontë, Ellis Rowan, the Arkansas Apple Blossom, Russell Baker, Bev Adams, Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood by Martin Wood and Judith Tankard, Pruning Blackberries or Boysenberries, and Walt Disney's Flowers and

The Daily Gardener · Jul 30, 2019 · 9m

Have you tried growing Castor Bean?

It's one of Michael Pollen's favorite plants.

Check out the way he starts his article on the plant called, "Consider the Castor Bean" :

"Pretty they are not, but a garden can labor under a surfeit "sur·fuht" of prettiness, be too sweet or cheerful for its own good. Sometimes what's needed in the garden is a hint of vegetal menace, of nature run tropically, luxuriantly amuck. For this I recommend the castor bean."

While most of us have heard of castor oil (extracted by crushing and processing the seeds), growing the castor bean plant can be a new adventure…