Dave Larrington wrote:

> Wisteria.  Technically the wisteria was in the grounds of 
> Larrington Towers, but it was making a pretty good fist of 
> invading the Grand Attic by attaching itself to the aerial 
> cable, which decamped from under the eaves, ran down the wall 
> and entered the house next to the Scullery window.  It wasn't 
> until I'd ruthlessly hacked it all down and was starting to 
> slice it up into hand four-ounce servings that I noticed one 
> of the stalks:
> 
> o was a slightly different colour to the others, and 
> o had a suspiciously metallic centre

Been there, done that.  Except in my case is was a climbing hydrangea
stem that had braided copper strands beneath the bark...

David Mack

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