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The Next Big Botanical Thing?

Animal plant gardens have appeared at several zoos and botanical gardens. What seven year old can resist a planting of elephant ear, staghorn fern, lizard tail and the like? Glasshouse Works offers dozens of “zoomorphic plants,” including tapeworm grape and chicken gizzard plant. Eeewww!

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