Topic: unknown plant

[baldeagle]

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[Deb P]

My guess, Datura.....a weed and poisonous to boot I think!

[squeezyjohn]

I've got this one ... and I know I planted it myself from a random plant sale a couple of years ago.

It was labeled as "peruvian love apple" by the grower ... but I suspect that was a name they made up!

It's an ornamental non-edible relative of physalis, tomatillo and cape gooseberry, the dried stems with chinese lanterns on them are nicely decorative when dried.

I can't seem to stop it coming back no matter how I dispose of the plants though ... it certainly grows very well!

[Palustris]

The shoo-fly plant (Nicandra physalodes). Fairly common self sown weed these days.

[squeezyjohn]

That's the one!  Shoo fly plant - sometimes known as apple of Peru.

I didn't know it was a problem weed ... or I would never have planted it on the plot 

I still think the dried stalks with lanterns are very decorative though.

[Digeroo]

Poisonous, not edible.