winter cherry

[bargainhunter]

Ok so at the weekend i lived up to my name (i think)!
At the local garden centre, we went for a sunday afternoon drive and ended up there! I got a bargain of a plant 29pence a winter cherry on the pot it says that it may be harmful would that be the fruit as well as the leaf sap, there were quite a few berries/fruits on it and what do i do with it apart from put itwith the rest of my bargains

[Alice]

That was a bargain Bargainhunter. I had one in my last garden and don't think it's any more harmful than anything else but I wouldn't let children eat the fruits, although the birds love them. They can grow up to 7M so be careful where you plant it.
Enjoy those winter flowers.

[Two_Sheds]

Winter cherry aka Chinese Lantern? http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/site...ar-franchetii-

"white flowers followed by a highly ornamental, red, inflated calyx, which you can't eat, enclosing a scarlet berry that you can. Hardy throughout the British Isles. 30" high
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/plant...t/p8492/1.html

[bargainhunter]

ok i have found the label
is called SOLANUM (broom beauty)
its about 7ins tall and a bushy 8ins wide
all help appreciated can i eat the fruits

[bargainhunter]

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[Eyren]

ok i have found the label
is called SOLANUM (broom beauty)
its about 7ins tall and a bushy 8ins wide
all help appreciated can i eat the fruits

NO!!!

Nearly all members of the Solanum family are poisonous - it included deadly nightshade, as well as potatoes (poisonous fruit and foliage) and tomatoes (edible fruit, not sure about foliage - though it smells nice!).

[Eco-Chic]

Tomato foliage is poisonous too.

I hate the smell. Reminds me of tom cat pee