Gunnera manicata

20 Apr 2018 • The Beast is making a bid for freedom 😱😂

Good god woman! Run for the hills! (Or cycle it’ll be quicker!) that’s an alien!! 😆

😂😂 I love the way the old leaves that I folded over it for winter protection look like antlers... @rachelbrooks

Hmmm...can sort of see it. Definitely more alien though 😱

An alien with antlers 😉🤣😂 @rachelbrooks

I first saw it at Heligan & we have a photo of my son having his first ever ice cream cone standing under it. Then he spotted this one for sale in an amazing garden in Jura. It was tiny & cost £2 which we had to put in an honesty box 😊 @Jasonsparkes1

Looks gorgeous.....😜

😂😂 Seriously, I do need to do something to tame it though... Might just have to try and chop that bit off 🙁 @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom

What !!! Don't know what it is . But don't like it !!!

Haha! Scroll (far!) left and you will see it in all its wonder and glory 😊😊 @charlotte

Oh. I have. It will actually turn into something rather impressive 😊

It is still a bit of a monster though 😉😂 @charlotte

The gorgon awakes...

So Jurassic 😮

One of those would dwarf my garden 😂😂😂

@jacq1075 Very! That's why they're caged in 😂

@gjones They end up a bit unusual looking too. You should take a look at my photo of them in early winter 🦇 🦇 🦇

@pelly It's hard to believe it started off in just a litre pot 😂

Good pic 📸

@plants Thanks Judy 😊

What is there to say?!

Incredible Jacqueline @awomanonabike 😊 😊. Such detail.

Looks like fish eggs on some coral 😍 really cool pic 💓

It is really wacky isn't it @wesleybrian ?

Thanks Jane @pelly

It's that time of year... #gunnera #decay #beforeandafter

Looks like bats in the bottom pic! 😁

I know, I thought the same. Or witches. Just a bit late for hallowe'en @rachelbrooks

@gjones This is how they end up 🦇 🦇 🦇

This was bought as a tiny plant from #Jura House garden when it was open to the public and you left payment in an honesty box. The new owner, a banker, no longer opens it to the public - a real shame.

A shame indeed. To quote the Divine Comedy they are clearly a 'Complete Banker' 😬

The #rhs 'The Garden' commissioned a piece on Jura House Garden a few years ago, but it was never published as editor decided it was "too far away". From where?!

It’s only taken me two years to realise that I forgot to add your name Susie ⬆️😂😂 I hope life is treating you well 💐@susieg