Re: Potato Vine (?) and Nightshades
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Potato Vine (?) and Nightshades
- From: D* M*
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:25:46 -0500
- References: <852567F9.005C6F43.00@teamzeon.com>
>Betty --
>
>I've never heard of anything called "potato vine" either. Could you
>perhaps be
>talking about black nightshade, sometimes called "bittersweet" (not to be
>confused with REAL bittersweet) because of the red berries. The vine looks
>similar to a cultivated potato and, thanks to those red berries (with help
>from
>the birds), tends to come up everywhere.
>
>Dean Sliger
>Warren, MI, USA
>Zone 6B
Dean...
Here in Wisconsin, we have 2 common weed nightshades.
Black or common nightshade - Solanum nigrum. An annual to 1 ft here, but
larger with longer growing seasons. White flowers and black berries
Deadly or bitter nightshade - Solanum dulcamera. A perennial climbing vine
with blue flowers and red berries. A variegated variety of this weed is
offered commercially.
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@execpc.com
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