11-28-2007, 09:24 AM
Diffenbachia is nothing to fool around with. I cleared a single plant last week from an area I wanted to re-landscape. I was careful (I thought) because a tree climber had warned me to avoid contact with it the week before. Five or six days of itchy skin rash and little sleep, and I see my doctor tomorrow morning. Anticipating a cortisone shot and ointment. I've gotten poison oak in the NW woods many times - this stuff is worse. Originally bought the plant at Wal-mart; no warning of any kind.