Now I’m stumped
I thought I planted a clematis.
I’m sure it’s flowered for the last two years and that it produced flowers that look very much like a clematis’ flowers.
This is the first year that I’ve ever noticed berries on the vine.
I’ve even got another “clematis” growing with one of my honeysuckles and it too appears to be producing berries.
I tried doing a search to see if any clematis produce fruit or berries and I didn’t have much luck in my search. Does anyone know if this is a clematis and if it’s not what could it be?
This is so strange!
I’ve got to admit that whatever this is the berries are nice and plump and healthy looking.
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October 7th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
This is just a guess, Tricia, but from the way the berries look it’s some kind of Nightshade/Solanum vine… there are flowering kinds but many are weeds.
The birds sit in the trellis and excrete berries right at the base of the planted vine, the berries sprout, and the vigorous vine sneaks in. [The reason I know is this happened to my mother-in-law.]
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
October 7th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
looks like nightshade to me, too? -
October 8th, 2007 at 12:17 am
Yep, that’s a solanum vine. I have it growing in my garden to. I luv it.
October 11th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
What a mystery. Sorry I can’t help. sara from farmingfriends