What a surprise today, finding a 6-foot long vine-type plant reaching up through the weeping birch branches at the putting green.
Especially when we found out what it was.
Deadly nightshade!
A relative of the tomato family.
And, on looking further, we ended up finding more, and pulled out an entire large garbage bag of the stuff!
Seeds are apparently brought in by birds.
We'll keep an eye on that area in future as it seems to catch whatever's airborne from the west...mostly Scottish Thistles, thanks to the Ministry of Transportation not following Vernon and Coldstream's bylaws on Noxious Weed eradication on the south side of Highway 6 from 15th to Aberdeen Roads.
This is climbing nightshade (also called bittersweet), not deadly nightshade. Still not a good idea to eat the berries and leaves can also be toxic, though not as toxic as deadly nightshade. Going to dig out the patch of climbing NS I found growing on my yard yesterday - very common around here, apparently.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the clarification. Yes, it certainly was climbing! One section had climbed almost 15 feet into a weeping birch tree. Horrible stuff, now bagged and off to the garbage.
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