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  • Is this Deadly Nightshade?

    This plant has been growing over my pond for the last two years http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/pho...yzP7aYdcg?feat
    Last edited by Polly99; 08-08-2010, 02:01 PM. Reason: image is not visable

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    Hi Polly, I've given your thread a new identity all of it's own so that people can see your question.

    And Welcome to the Vine.

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    • #3
      i dont think so- deadly nightshade is a pretty, delicate flower; purple with a yellow center ( stamen). the plant you have shown, looks to me like an ornamental shrub which i call 'the fishy bush' (!!) i dont know the real name, but someone on here will know what i mean and post the correct name

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        Thank you!!

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        • #5
          Thank you for your reply. The small flowers are creamy pink and the large green leaves have purple around the edges. I'm just worried about the berries - are they poison?

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          • #6
            That's not deadly nightshade - (also named Bryony).
            That one is an ornamental - but I have no ideas what!

            After a bit of brain cudgelling I think it may be a member of the Clerodendron family - just an idea.
            Last edited by Jeanied; 08-08-2010, 05:31 PM.
            Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Jeanied View Post
              That's not deadly nightshade - (also named Bryony).
              That one is an ornamental - but I have no ideas what!

              After a bit of brain cudgelling I think it may be a member of the Clerodendron family - just an idea.
              Thank you for reply - I'm mystified as to what it could be..... I've looked through so many images on Google and Deadly Nightshade was the only plant that looked a similar

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              • #8
                I think it is Leycesteria formosa.

                One of my customers has one by her front door!
                All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                • #9
                  Leycesteria formosa. - Google Search

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Glutton4... View Post
                    I think it is Leycesteria formosa.

                    One of my customers has one by her front door!
                    Brilliant! Thats it...... thank you so much!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                      What a wonderful forum...... thank you very much.

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                      • #12
                        Glad to be of service!

                        My customer doesn't like it, as she says it grows too quickly She doesn't 'do' gardening! Hopefully, when I next have a garden of my own, she may let me dig it up and take it away!
                        All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                        Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                        • #13
                          Definitely not Atropa Belladonna, the berries are similar, but the flowers and leaves are nothing like the one we;ve got in the front garden!

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                          • #14
                            It is definitely Leycesteria Formosa, also known as pheasant berry. Found this link for you http://www.gardenersworld.com/plant-...pheasant-berry
                            Last edited by rustylady; 08-08-2010, 07:43 PM.

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                            • #15
                              thats the one i call fishy bush, because someone told me it reminds her of fish scales, but now i will refer to it as the 'birdy bush' aka pheasant berry!!!

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