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sprouts28
August 19, 2001 2:23 AM Post #11119
| I have this plant coming up in a back corner of our property is it just a weed? 
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herbin
Park Hill, OK (Zone 5b)
August 19, 2001 3:14 AM Post #112558
| Looks like a japanese lantern. Sorry only know that name. the pods turn orange. Annual I believe.
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sprouts28
August 19, 2001 4:37 AM Post #112566
| Well thats what I thought it looked like but I have never sown that type of seed and there isnt anyone living that close by. I didnt know if it was by bird or maybe some kind of native. |
Baa
August 19, 2001 9:51 AM Post #112592
| Nicandra physalodes - Shoo Fly plant, has blue flowers before the pods form or possibly, Physalis alkekengi - Chinese or Japanese Lantern which has cream bell shaped flowers. |
poppysue
Westbrook, ME (Zone 5a)
 August 19, 2001 10:50 AM Post #112603
| I'd say those are the physalis. It's a perennial and an agressive spreader too. It could have been planted years ago. The nicandra is annual but one heck-of-a re-seeder. If allowed to set seed they come up all over. |
herbin
Park Hill, OK (Zone 5b)
August 19, 2001 11:33 AM Post #112608
| I had a shoo-fly one year. Was a very happy fellow on the edge of my veggie garden so it got water and all. Thing was 5' by 5'. Fun plant! |
sprouts28
August 19, 2001 12:07 PM Post #112618
| Thanks for the info all. |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
August 21, 2001 4:40 AM Post #113404
| All weeds ARE plants. But not all plants are weeds! Depends on what angle you look at it ;o) |
Wingnut
Spicewood, TX (Zone 8b)
August 22, 2001 2:10 AM Post #113901
| Tomatillos (Physalis ixocarpa) probably, but because there are many members of the Physalis genus and some of them are poisonous to cattle and horses, I wouldn't eat yours unless you could get an in-person positive ID from a knowledgeable source.
I grow tomatillos every year, but haven't planted any since the first year I grew them. That leads me to believe that yours could have easily been planted by a bird. |
