My wife's previous workplace had a large tree that a client pointed out to her as "being really rare and expensive", a comment I would assume was in reference to its age and size and also mentioned it was "extremely poisonous".
A week later, a delivery driver accidentally broke a small 18" branch off it which she brought home to show me. I shoved it in some potting mix, watered it every day and it just took off. We named it "Poison Plant". (Photo 1)
Poison Plant took to its new home, and had formed a visible trunk in 12 months. (Photo 2)
By year two, it had just branched like crazy and ended up a non-descript ball of leaves so got an aggressive prune. I cut most of the branches (and placed a couple of the larger ones into potting mix) and 12 months later, we're coming up to its third birthday and the trunk has bulked out and Poison Plant is looking pretty majestic at 36" tall. (Photo 3)
Strangely, the leaves of the second generation offcuts are a little thinner and a little deformed. (in the bottom left corner of the third photo)
Anyway, thanks for listening 🙂
by Gold_Au_2025
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