Meet thornapple, also known as jimsonweed and by its scientific name Datura stramonium, an especially toxic member of the nightshade family. This specific variety that I grow in my poison garden is datura stramonium var. lilac named for its purple stems and lilac-tinged flowers. The standard thornapple species has green stems and pure white flowers. […]
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It’s seed saving time for my Atropa belladonna plants. I wrap up my belladonna berries with cheesecloth and twist ties so I don’t lose the berries and all their seeds to the ground or to wildlife. Belladonna seeds have the best germination rate when allowed to fully ripen, BUT the berries also fall off the
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Clammy groundcherry (physalis heterophylla) is a poisonous and edible nightshade native to eastern N. America you may have spotted in the wild or in your own garden. The whole plant is toxic to ingest due to its solanine content with the exception of the ripe yellow fruits. There are 80+ physalis species in the Americas
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