Are castor bean seeds available? I haven't been able to find them for 20 years. I grew this large, colorful and extremely fast-growing plant when we lived in Wisconsin. Will it grow in this part of ...

Castor bean plants (Ricinus ommunis) are easy to grow from seed when provided with sun and moist, loamy soil. The seeds produce a vibrant plant with large, star-shaped foliage that can grow up to 10 ...

Q: A friend of mine gave me some seeds of castor bean. I understand the plant is very poisonous but it is beautiful and I would like to grow it. Someone else told me it might be illegal to grow. Your ...

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 ...

Description: The tender, shrubby castor bean is a half-hardy annual that often performs like a short-lived evergreen perennial in our region, growing from 3 to 15 feet tall and 3 feet wide with broad, ...