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TYPE="CITE"><BR>I seem to have some shoots of Solanum dulcamara
("Bittersweet", or "climbing<BR>nightshade") growing in one of the garden
areas near the driveway. I'm not<BR>sure whether to leave it be (and hope that
it doesn't attract either<BR>children or pets), or get rid of it.<BR><BR>I
gather that it has uses in herbal medicine but is very dangerous
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12" BACK="#ffffff"><BR><BR>I would get rid of it, it
is a horrid pest weed that will seed itself everywhere. Some people react to the
sap so if you plan to pull it out be careful. It is the berries that are most
poisonous but it shows up growing in places that you wonder how it got there so
the seeds have to be carried someway, I tend to think birds. Most of the herbal
uses for it use the leaf stem and nothing else. Since children have gotten very
sick from eating the berries, I personally have eradicated it when it has shown
up here with Round-up because I am allergic to the sap. It seems to take more
than one application, like poison ivy it will sprout from roots. Anyway if you
leave the plant it will tend to end up everywhere in your garden, much like
black nightshade but not as easy to eradicate.<BR><BR>Mary</FONT>
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