Plant identification

[skylight]

smooth sort of nettle shaped leaves, some are approx 9" wide. Before flowers burst they are surrounded by four green bracts. When bracts open the flower is cup shaped, four petals, white ,frilled with lilac color. When petals drop there is a black/purple berry/fruit which is surrounded by the green bracts. It may be a wild flower or something that has come from mixed bird seed and it looks as if it may be quite tall. Anyway I'm stumped - c'mon Tbird put your thinking cap on!!!

[Thunderbird+]

Jeepers! now you've got me....I'ii take a stab at Nettle leaved bellflower or Bats in the belfry (campanula trachelium) But I'm still thinking.. Cheers Skylight, Tbird+

[Robinia]

<pulls up a chair & listens to gentle hum of Tbird's brain whirring.....>

9" leaves?! - that's quite some plant skylight, how big are the flowers?

[Thunderbird+]

Your soooo right Robinia!
I'm off to till the sod now and ill keep the cap on.
Catch up with you guys later Tbird+

[horty]

Hi Skylight,

Could be the shoo-fly plant (Nicandra physalodes). Hope this helps solve the mystery.

Regards H.

[skylight]

Hi Horty, You are the dog's ........!!!! How did you manage to find it? I work in a garden nursery and a customer brought a peice in that had suddenly sprouted in her garden from nowhere. I was volunteered by boss to identify it (he's good at that and it's always my name that comes up). However I was stumped this time after googling half the night!!!! Thanks again and remember to tell me where you found it. Tbird, you can rest easy this time but thanks for looking. and you too Roninia. Skylight

[horty]

Thanks skylight, what a nice reply! I found it in my memory as I have grown the plant myself in previous years, I am an avid gardener and have spent a fortune on plants over the years. I have a plant collection rather than a nice garden and keep meaning to not grow so many different things, guess I'm just hopelessly hooked! Envy you your job. Warm regards, H.

[Robinia]

oooh well done horty!

[Thunderbird+]

Nice piece of work Horty, I can turn my brain off now!
It looks like an interesting plant, i'll have look it up.
Well done. Tbird+

[horty]

Thanks Robinia and Tbird, what lovely folk you are! Regards Horty