Ok - I'm going first. I'm both enthralled and deeply frightened of the power of the magnificent Bella Donna Lily. Amaryllis Bella Donna

It's known as a powerful anti-malarial agent. And, as someone living in the tropics, I've SEEN an 11 year old girl dead in only 22 hours from malaria. Would I ever think to USE it? I shudder to think. It is known also as the Lady of Death, the stopper of hearts and a potent poison.

Like so many of the GORGEOUS herbs, is she not stunning?? Gracious, seductive, deadly.