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Gemma Jones

Stacey Solomon sends warning to fans as Rex picks 'weeds'

Stacey Solomon has warned her followers after she displayed "weeds" her son had picked in her home.

Taking to Instagram, the mum-of-four shared she had been given the gift of cow's parsley by her youngest son, Rex, which she proudly went on to display in a vase in her Pickle Cottage home. However, she later warned her 5.1million followers that not all wild plants are safe to pick.

She explained that she did her research before letting Rex pick them. The TV presenter shared a clip of Rex exploring in a field full of greenery as she wrote: "Rex wanted to pick some flowers and find sticks."

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Stacey added: "This is cow's parsley. I made sure I checked what it was before I let him pick it."

Another clip showed Stacey filling a vase with water, before displaying the plant. She wrote: "Now we have some nice weeds in the kitchen. In my opinion, there's no such thing as weeds." She followed the text with laughing face emojis.

Stacey warned her followers that not all wild plants are safe to pick (Instagram)

Finally, she shared a still image of the 'weeds' beautifully displayed in her kitchen, on top of a customised Pickle Cottage wooden slab. Stacey warned her followers what to look out for when picking flowers.

She wrote: "PS - Don't pick cow's parsley unless you definitely know what it looks like. There are hairless and giant plants that look like this that are not safe to pick."

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