Is this Deadly Nightshade?

[Polly99]

This plant has been growing over my pond for the last two years http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/pho...yzP7aYdcg?feat

[zazen999]

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.

[lindyloo]

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

[Polly99]

Thank you!!

[Polly99]

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?

[Jeanied]

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.

[Polly99]

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

[Glutton4...]

I think it is Leycesteria formosa.

One of my customers has one by her front door!

[zazen999]

Leycesteria formosa. - Google Search

[Polly99]

I think it is Leycesteria formosa.

One of my customers has one by her front door!

Brilliant! Thats it...... thank you so much!

[Polly99]

Leycesteria formosa. - Google Search

What a wonderful forum...... thank you very much.

[Glutton4...]

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!

[Mrs Dobby]

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!

HTH

[rustylady]

It is definitely Leycesteria Formosa, also known as pheasant berry. Found this link for you http://www.gardenersworld.com/plant-...pheasant-berry

[lindyloo]

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!!!