Deadly Plant FoundIn English Garden

i have nightshade growing in my yard too,it always comes back. we get all kinds of transplants from nowhere.pokeweed has started i'm not sure from where-i suspect the birds brought in in.it does make a lovely dye,though.

Plantwise, just weeds. But how about rattlesnakes? We put up snake fencing to keep them out of the back yard because we found two baby ones in there last year. Momma still lives in the rocks out front!

Thank you for the link I enjoyed reading about that although it was more on a serious subject but I certainly enjoyed the link with Harry Potter, being a Potterphile myself, I found it interesting. Yes we have had deadly nightshade in our garden with those horrid berries on it. I am sure there are other toxic plants we have, or weeds that unbeknown to the non gardening expert we wouldn't know whether they are toxic or not. Although some weeds like the sticky stuff you get, it's a plant with little green balls on it that stick to you like glue, it's horrid stuff that spreads like wildfire, it makes me itch like crazy if I get in contact with it, and I also get a nasty rash on my arms and legs from it. Don't know the correct name for it.

I always think birds drop seed in our yards but all the way from So. America very strange indeed!

oh my. i dont have a garden any more but it could just as well grow any where in your yard. I've been warned about other plants that are dangerous from friends telling me. problem is you just never know (at least I dont) whats safe and whats not, i dont usually handle strange looking plants but i do worry about coco, my little dog checking them out. shes so nosey and often likes things even if she dont eat them just to check them out

The plant isn't just limited to South America. It can also be found throughout the United States. Many people don't realize how poisonous it can be, it is a striking plant visually with large trumpet flowers that open in the evening. Before I knew how dangerous the plant was, I actually bought seed for it at a local garden center and had it trellising up my back porch. You'll be amused to learn that there is a district court with a HUGE garden of it planted in front of the main entrance. I'm talking 20 feet in diameter, and 6 or 7 feet high...hundreds of those seed pods. The irony is that people go into that court and then get trucked off to do jail time for pot...when the court has something worse planted in their front yard. Many toxic plant are stunningly beautiful. When I lived in a woodsy, New England village I had nightshade growing freely all over my back yard. It was in such a shaded area, that I was never able to get anything else to grow there, so I left it.

oh well, I think many of us have weeds growing in our gardens without being aware of it. I know that mom has pointed gourd (a vegetable) growing in her kitchen garden and that the root of the plant is extremely poisonous. Other than that, once we had a poppy plant growing on our backyard…don’t really know where it came from but of course we couldn’t identify it at first. Then when the flowers came on (lovely red ones) we were in two minds whether to uproot and throw the plant or keep it. Finally when all the flowers had blossomed, we uprooted the plant and threw it away. Growing poppy is illegal of course for the opium thing. And regarding the plant mentioned in the report…here in India it is locally called Dhutra…it grows wild at most places and yes the fruit is extremely poisonous and has hallucinogenic effects. Since its local, we all know to keep off it!

Pretty scary, huh. I think if having these poisonous plants but with careful knowledge of everyone at home and guests, should be alright. Unless there are people wanting to use it to poison others, these plants can be pretty safe. Good read there.

Hi MsTickle! What an interesting story! And what a lovely sweet looking lady she is too! It is quite a stunning looking plant! I can see how it would raise curiosity! I know virtually nothing about the looks of plants, but luckily this wise gardener did! And no one has an idea how it could have gotten there, only speculations being that it could lie dormant and then suddenly just sprout! And you have belladonna growing in your garden! Now that is a plant that I am familiar with! And that is scary! Do you know how that got there?

Wow, how strange. I've had a garden and found some odd looking plants there, but I don't know if they were dangerous or not. I have been given some poisonous plants before to put in my garden and seen some growing in other places. I don't even have a yard or a garden right now.