Wicked Plants is wicked good...

Amy Stewart (co-owner of Eureka Books (with husband Scott Brown)) has just published her most recent book, Wicked Plants. 

From the back of the book:

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.

Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.

I've grown more than one poison garden and am greatly looking forward to adding some plants from these pages... Can be ordered signed at retail cost directly from the author

[Note to Mother: Page 143-Purple Loosestrife (under "Destructive"). The battle continues...