By summer, it had graceful purple flowers and had reached the rooftop… then Auntie Helen came to visit. “Felix, dear, why are you growing deadly nightshade on the drive?”
Sadly, that signed its death-warrant.
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Ginny hated gardening but adored her dad, so she went out after school to help him. One day, she saw it; tiny but pushing its way up between the side of the bungalow and the drive. Admiring its tenacity, she watered it and it grew into a 3-foot plant. She banged some nails in and wrapped string around them so it could grow along the wall.
By summer, it had graceful purple flowers and had reached the rooftop… then Auntie Helen came to visit. “Felix, dear, why are you growing deadly nightshade on the drive?” Sadly, that signed its death-warrant.
Sandra James
29/10/2021 11:03:11 am
Oh! I think Auntie Helen ended any chance of Ginny growing to like gardening, too. Unfortunately, many poisonous plants look really pretty :(
Fliss Zakaszewska
29/10/2021 12:26:21 pm
Thank you, ladies. And you are both right about 'deadly but beautiful plants! 29/10/2021 01:52:05 pm
We have woody nightshade - it gets everywhere. Not so deadly as the berries are too bitter to eat, but strangles everything. Killer creepers.
Elizabeth Zahn
29/10/2021 08:13:43 pm
I imagined it being snatched from the ground. Nice read!
Fliss Zakaszewska
29/10/2021 09:02:04 pm
Again, thanks, everyone.
Jennifer Duncan
30/10/2021 12:25:32 am
Nightshade - very nasty. Too bad her treasured plant had to be ripped out.
Sue Clayton
30/10/2021 03:19:14 am
Some weeds are indeed very beautiful and poisonous, and prolific seeders. Pty they have to go, but more pity us if we suffer from their venom.
Sivan Pillai
30/10/2021 05:10:24 am
The child must be very sorry that the end of the beautiful plant had to come like that. Well done, Fliss. Comments are closed.
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