Q. WHEN IS A Chilean rhubarb neither? A. When it is the most asked about plant in all of Colette’s Bed and Breakfast’s magnificent perennial garden — our very own “dinosaur plant,” Gunnera tinctoria.

The Gunnera plant, also known as giant rhubarb, is a menace to other garden plants and local ecosystems due to its rapid growth in damp habitats. The most common species of giant rhubarb in the UK are ...

With leaves that grow to two metres in diameter, the UK Government has now banned a popular garden plant that is especially common in the southwest of England, according to experts. The Gunnera plant, ...

Anne Lucey A GIANT rhubarb plant with leaves of up to nine feet has sparked fears it will prove a traffic hazard for motorists. The exotic plant known as "dinosaur food" has begun flourishing at a ...

20:56, Sun, May 5, 2024 Updated: 21:21, Sun, May 5, 2024 The UK Government is working on banning the giant rhubarb plant, also known as Gunnera, meaning it cannot be sold or cultivated, and those who ...

NATURE watchdogs are becoming increasingly concerned over the spread of the invasive gunnera plant in Scotland's islands – and have now announced a major crackdown. Gunnera tinctoria, or giant rhubarb ...

No, he's not the world's smallest man. Nor has Photoshop been involved. This gentleman is, in fact, taking shelter under a humongous leaf with an 11ft span - believed to be the largest in Britain.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A Colombian species of Gunnera, G. morae L. Wanntorp & Klackenberg, previously mistakenly identified as Gunnera manicata Linden ex André, is ...

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