Top 10 ugly plants


	Top 10 ugly plants
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8-21-2009 10:50 AM
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8-21-2009 11:19 AM
thisnamecantbetaken
And dandelions! The flower is pretty, but the leaves are hideous.
8-21-2009 12:36 PM
tanyamm
My children used to and now my grandchildren bring me bouquets of dandelions. I think they're very pretty, and the young leaves are nice in a salad.
8-21-2009 7:44 PM
David Hughes
Well, not really so ugly!
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<STRONG>Bastard cobas </STRONG>
<I>(Cyphostemma juttae)</I>
</p> <P>
A slow-growing, ornamental plant that can reach 6ft, also called wild grape, 
  tree grape and Namibian grape.</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=1" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=1"><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="image"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="620" height="400" border="0" alt="Birthworts  (Aristolochia gigantea)" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01421/birthwort_1421945i.jpg" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV class="caption">
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<STRONG>Birthworts</STRONG> 
(<I>Aristolochia gigantea</I>)
</p> <P>
Also referred to as pipe vines, they are widespread and appear in various 
  climates. </P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=2" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=2" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=2"><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="image"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="620" height="400" border="0" alt="Elephant's trunk  (Pachypodium namaquanum)" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01421/Elephant_1421943i.jpg" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV class="caption">
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<STRONG>Elephant's trunk</STRONG> 
<I>(Pachypodium namaquanum)</I>
</p> <P>
Found in the North Cape of Namibia</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=3" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=3" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=3"><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="image"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="620" height="400" border="0" alt="Corpse flower" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01422/corpse-flower_1422333i.jpg" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV class="caption">
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<STRONG>Corpse flower</STRONG> <I>(Amorphophallus titanium)</I>
</p> <P>
This plant only blooms every four to six years within its 40-year life 
  expectancy. </P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=4" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=4" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=4"><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="image"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="620" height="400" border="0" alt="Tree tumbo (Welwitschia mirabilis)" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01421/trumbo_1421873i.jpg" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV class="caption">
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<STRONG>Tree tumbo</STRONG>
<I>(Welwitschia mirabilis</I>)
</p> <P>
The plant, found in south-west Africa,</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=5" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=5" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=5"><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="image"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="620" height="400" border="0" alt="Thorn of the cross  (Colletia paradoxa)" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01421/thorn_1421874i.jpg" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV class="caption">
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<STRONG>Thorn of the cross</STRONG> 
<I>(Colletia paradoxa)</I>
</p> <P>
Also known as gigs, curumamil, cross</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=6" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=6" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=6"><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="image"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="620" height="400" border="0" alt="Stinky squid  (Pseudocolus fusiformis)" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01421/squid_1421875i.jpg" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV class="caption">
					<P>
<STRONG>Stinky squid</STRONG> 
<I>(Pseudocolus fusiformis) </I>
</p> <P>
A mushroom first reported in Pittsburgh, North America</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=7" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=7" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=7"><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="image"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="620" height="400" border="0" alt="Vegetable sheep  (Raoulia eximia)" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01421/sheep_1421939i.jpg" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV class="caption">
					<P>
<STRONG>Vegetable sheep</STRONG> 
<I>(Raoulia eximia)</I>
</p> <P>
Named because of the way it looks from a distance</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=8" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=8" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=8"><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="image"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="620" height="400" border="0" alt="Sea onion (Bowiea volubilis)" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01421/sea_1421940i.jpg" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV class="caption">
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<STRONG>Sea onion</STRONG> <I>(Bowiea volubilis) </I>
</p> <P>
Also known as the climbing onion</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=9" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=9" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/5506103/Top-10-ugly-plants.html?image=9"><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="image"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="620" height="400" border="0" alt="Monkey cups (Nepenthes)" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01421/monkey_1421941i.jpg" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV class="caption">
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<STRONG>Monkey cups</STRONG> <I>(Nepenthes)</I>
</p> <P>
Also commonly known as tropical pitcher plants</P></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7D71E7D9-41DC-46EB-9585-ADB90C75EA86/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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