I adore this plant-the weird piney smell and elegant bluish leaves. It looks marvelous pretty much all the time and with anything from wi...Read Moreldflowers to roses (black eyed susans, sure. Roses, sure. Fruit trees, sure.) That said, it needs to be treated like poison ivy, that is, respected. Many people are allergic to it, and it can cause very bad rashes. Some people detest it for this reason. It needs to be situated where people are more likely to look then touch, but I have not found it to be a big deal to warn people off and wash hands after working with it. It looks really nice well into fall when everything is getting ratty, and in the winter is a pale yellow. You can cut off the yellow flowers (they aren't that interesting.) I do not grow the cultivar, just the species, and find it great.
The foliage still looks pretty during winter and even looks more blue. 'Jackman's Blue' can be best propagated from tip cuttings taken in...Read More autumn. If sown, Rue can get untamed wild.
Don't plant it near to your path ways or where it is easy to touch.
Some people are allergic to rue and get a skin rash from handling the plant. Especially on hot days, just brushing against rue can cause water blisters and blotchy skin, much like poison ivy. For some people, ingestion causes increased photosensitivity and can lead to severe sunburn. Ingesting large amounts of rue can cause violent stomach pain, vomiting, and convulsions. Pregnant women should never ingest rue.
I adore this plant-the weird piney smell and elegant bluish leaves. It looks marvelous pretty much all the time and with anything from wi...Read More
The foliage still looks pretty during winter and even looks more blue. 'Jackman's Blue' can be best propagated from tip cuttings taken in...Read More
Rue is also said to be a larval host plant for the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly.