Dave Larrington wrote: > Wisteria. Technically the wisteria was in the grounds of > Larrington Towers, but it was making a pretty good fist of > invading the Grand Attic by attaching itself to the aerial > cable, which decamped from under the eaves, ran down the wall > and entered the house next to the Scullery window. It wasn't > until I'd ruthlessly hacked it all down and was starting to > slice it up into hand four-ounce servings that I noticed one > of the stalks: > > o was a slightly different colour to the others, and > o had a suspiciously metallic centre
Been there, done that. Except in my case is was a climbing hydrangea stem that had braided copper strands beneath the bark... David Mack
