Elderly Brits Accidentally Grow Huge Pot Plant THEY BOUGHT IT AS A SMALL SHRUB AT A SALE

[kpete]

(NEWSER) – Who needs grow lights? A couple in Bedfordshire, England, picked up a cute little plant at market and lovingly tended it as it grew into a lush plant in the garden, reports CNN. That's when it drew the attention of police, who tweeted a photo of it with the caption, "Elderly couple bought shrub at car boot sale ... biggest cannabis plant we had seen!!" Police seized the pot plant and won't press charges. An elderly farmer in Germany had a similar experience recently.

http://www.newser.com/story/155514/elderly-brits-accidentally-grow-huge-pot-plant.html

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Looks pretty healthy

They do grow like weeds!

[flamingdem]

2. suurrrre

you know about that English tea thing right? pot heads!

[highprincipleswork]

4. What a shame.

What a shame.

Such a healthy looking plant...

[leveymg]

5. Some people just have green thumbs. Lovely plant.

[exboyfil]

6. What you grow in your garden should be your own business

Growing pot plants or making beer (or even whiskey) should be nobody else's business except your own. I would even extend that to meth etc. if safety precautions are in place so neighbors aren't blown up.

Now selling it - that is another thing.

[pansypoo53219]

7. lol. my grandfather's cousin, an milw cop. was involved in children education on drugs.

so, charlie gumm grew a little pot plant in his back yard. after he changed depts, he tried to kill said pot plant, which came back for several years.

[bemildred]

8. It's such a pretty plant. nt

[felix_numinous]

9. Add one more use to the versatile pot plant

--it makes for magnificent shrubbery!! That is one beautiful plant--it's funny and sad at the same time that this was grown in complete innocence.

[FirstLight]

10. ...

omg, I HAD to!

"Bring me.....a SHRUBBERY!"

[freshwest]

11. And so it was done.

[eShirl]

12. that part finally makes sense to me now

[slampoet]

13. That isn't really too big, we are just not used to seeing outdoor grown

[NickB79]

14. They can be lovely plants. Look at the cover of High Times

And you can see so many variations in color, leaf form, height, width, etc.

A shame they can't be used for landscaping, because they're nearly indestructible as well.

[Skittles]

15. very pretty!

yes INDEED