Q. Help! Black Nightshade vine, with the purple flowers, has invaded my flower bed and is proving very hard to eliminate. I’m especially upset that it’s taken root at the base of my beloved David ...

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) is a climbing perennial vine native to Eurasia. It was probably introduced into the U.S. for medicinal and ornamental purposes. Care should be taken when ...

Anyone with a garden has likely seen a black nightshade at one time or another. In the words of Linda Roehm, who gardens in Lomita and sought its identity in an email with a photo, “Little white ...