You've got to feel for them!!

[Nibble]

Seems an elderly couple of pensioners really liked the plant , they bought at a plant fair.


https://twitter.com/B...us/254211420131057665



Seems years of plant husbandry weren't totally wasted, although anyone burning this on a bonfire would have been.


And it's no windup!

[Mick-Talbot]

Pmsl lol

[pastafreak]

I saw that yesterday....poor sweeties thought they'd done so well with it. I admit-I would not have known what it was either.

[Nibble]

Love it being reported through Bedfordshire Police twitter account - as if the oldies have a twitter account to check on their status :)

[marval]

Ah bless them, they were not to know what it was.

[joggerjayne]

That would look fab on my balcony.

[DTCwordfan]

it's a great looking plant.....

[carlton23]

Worth a `bob or thou` and helped their pensions.....and how!!

[hammerman]

I once grew one in the conservatory without ever having the intention of smoking it. It smelled fantastic !!!

[Kiki-frog]

I just don't believe they would have nurtured this mystery plant so well without doing some research into what it is and what growing conditions it needs. It's not as if they are that easy to grow. So I've been told.

[chaptazbru]

They've obviously looked after it - I bet they miss it now it's gone, shame.

[josaphine32]

I wonder if it was pruned often and left to dry out, It does look a lovely plant though.