Cyclamen growing among the beech trees
The Hellebores look extraordinarily good this year. All parts of this plant are toxic if eaten and too much handling may cause systemic poisoning. Wear gloves when cutting the leaves back. Though poisonous it does have medicinal uses. It is used, in the form of alkaloids, to treat heart conditions in the elderly. It can also cause abortions in pregnant women.
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