Continuing on with my godfamily in Culdaff, I thought I would take a look at the nightshade. It is the name of an album by the infuriatingly talented classical guitarist and friend Manus Noble. Of course, people tend not to react to encounters with the plant as warmly as they do toward the stunning music!Atropa belladonna, "Deadly Nightshade".
(Herbaceous perennial.)
Planting: Autumn to March.
Flowering: June and July.
Aspect: Part shade.
Hardiness: Very hardy.
Notes: The term Atropa stems from the Fate Atropos (a Greek goddess), who cut the thread of every mortal's life.
Aside from being known as the deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna has also been called "Devil's berries" and "death cherries".
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