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Eliza Waters 
Pretty berries…poisonous?
Very… but sure is pretty to look at. 🙂
Very pretty forbidden fruit.
Indeed, it is a witch’s brew to be avoided. Look, but don’t touch!
Wow it looks so savagely beautiful. The photo is stunning.
Thank you very much, Cindy! ❤
Amazing, a Calico of beautiful colors. 🥰
Thank you, John!
I love the contrasting colours Eliza. Such beauty if we take time to look.
Indeed, thanks, Alison!
Such lovely autumnal colour on the leaves and berries
Thank you, Karina. x
So pretty . They look like pepper lights, perfect for a Christmas tree.
Thank you, I can see that! Their shiny fruit is so attractive, but it’s a poisonous plant not to be trifled with. 🙂
Ahhh … deceptive uh 🙄
Wonderful capture! Red, green, and purple go well together.
Thank you, Hien. Green all summer, then fall brings on the show. 🙂
I love the assortment of berry colors and the deep purple leaves!
Thank you, Barbara. It is a handsome plant, both leaves and fruit. I like how shiny they are, but not to be sampled!
good morning, love the berries… great colours…
Thank you, Dymoon!
Pretty colors of autumn!
Thank you, Donna!
Beautiful purple leaves & pretty berries, but poisonous & can cause a rash, a plant to eradicate.
I like to keep a few on hand as a place to put hornworms I remove from garden plants. Serves the purpose!
This is a Solanum species that’s unfamiliar to me. When I checked, I found it’s native to Europe and Asia, so that helps to explain that. I was intrigued to find ‘bittersweet’ as one of its common names; even with my imagination I don’t think I could confuse this with our native bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) and certainly not with the invasive Japanese bittersweet. That said, I think the berries are lovely. The fruits of the two species I most often see end up yellow or black: attractive, but not so eye-catching as the red!
Common names are funny sometimes. Not terribly invasive, thankfully. Our cold winters keep them in check. Thanks, Linda!
Great color! I didn’t realize nightshade turned purple.
Thank you, Ellen. Fall brings out the purple coloring, it is quite lovely.
It’s a fine looking plant! It gets very tall and you can certainly find yourself face-to-face with those berries down the alleyways around here
Thank you, Allison. They don’t get a chance to get too tall here because our winters knock them to the ground and they must start over every spring… fine by me, ha!
night shade
last thing i ate
digitallis
fox glove
heart literally
good post
the most~
Thank you
Oh, that red and purple!
🙂 It does snap, doesn’t it?
Sure does!
What a lovely combination of colors! Great shot, Eliza!
Thanks much, Tina!
Like little tomatoes but not when it comes to edibility. They grow around our compost bin as do the occasional tomato seed escapee. Not related to the musicians but to the Deadly Nightshade plant, aka Belladonna but not Stevie Nicks either. 🙂
I like to use them as places to put hornworms when I find them on a favored plant. That fruit is so spellbinding!
Very pretty. I don’t think I’ve seen leaves that “shade” before.
Thank you, Belinda. Usually all green, but fall brings on the purple and the fruit makes it easy to spot. Do you have this plant near you?
This reminds me of costume jewellery.
Shiny and appealing to the eye! 🙂
Pretty despite its dark side.
Yes, indeed. All that glitters is not gold. 🙂
Thanks, Eliza. Yes we do.
Wow 🤩
🙂 Thanks, Karen! x
Love the purple and red!
Thank you, Dale – nature creates magic this time of year!
Truly!
I’ve not seen any nightshades with purple leaves.
Normally green in the growing season, they turn purple with the cool weather.
Great shot!!
Thank you, Val! ❤
yesterday I looked at my small backyard compared to what you have to look at, I have a mini clean up waiting to be dealt with… how you doing there??
Doing well, thanks! Fall color is really coming on this week, so lots of beautiful trees to look at. 🙂
I hate this stuff. I’m always afraid the dogs will want to sample the berries. It’s becoming somewhat invasive here–maybe because of milder winters. We had to clear out a huge patch this summer.
Can’t say I blame you. Solanaceae is a tough family to have around kids and pets. Hope you are doing well!
An interesting combination – somehow the purple leaves look menacing rather than the fruits!
They telegraph toxicity!
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Never seen ‘ deadly nightshade’ before and I didn’t think it was real!
Nightshades are a very large family (over 2300 species), while all foliage is poisonous, there are many fruits or roots that we consume such as potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant and tobacco.
Really? Spuds? That’s amazing! You learn something new every day…
Wow! Such colours! Could be an opening scene from a story set in a wonderful, enchanted wood! 🧚♂️
Yes! A perfect, witchy poison. 😉