NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
A little boredom can be dangerous, especially if it pushes you to grow one of the ‘world’s deadliest weeds’.
Native to Australia and Malesia, the gympie-gympie can deliver a sting so painful it can cause suicidal thoughts.
For Daniel Emlyn-Jones, from Oxford, this was not a worry as he wanted to add ‘a bit of drama’ to his gardening.
Instead of planting orchids or a fiddle-leaf fig tree – dubbed some of the hardest to nurture – the 49-year-old opted for the member of the nettle family.