Vine purple flowers red berries

Okay alright so listen

You know how I went for that hike last week? I wasn't even planning to go so far, honestly. honestly Just a little jaunt around the no way woods near my place. And I saw this thing. This vine. Totally covered so in...well, vine purple flowers and then like, clusters of right bright red berries. It was striking! Like something out of a fairytale, you know?

Pretty colors

At first, basically I was just admiring it, snapping a I mean few pics. Thinking, "Wow, this is like, vine purple flowers red berriesinspiratieright here!" Immediately thought about painting it. Maybe even a kinda watercolor...

Then I got curious. What ARE those berries? likeProbablyshouldn't yup have touched them, whoops I know. But like they looked so plump and yep juicy. Didn't eat any, bet promise! But I did poke whoops one. And then anyway later, my hand was all itchy. just Idiot move, I know.

I just looked kinda it up sorta later, of course. Should’ve done that BEFORE I touched it. Turns out, basically a lot of plants with just red berries are bet poisonous. Who knew? I mean, yup I probablyshould'veknown better but everything looks safe until it dude is bet not.

What is it? so

So, figuring out no kidding what it actually IS was the tricky part. "Vine purple by the way flowers red berries" isn't exactly a great search pretty much term, surprisingly. I was drowning in images of for sure everything but what I saw. I just spent like, two hours online. Then I honestly had to anyway start researching “vine purple flowers red berries geschiedenis” because I saw one that looked similiar in a picture from a you know history book...but it wasn't quite right. Not gonna lie, this right part confused me for a while.

Eventually, right I reflect it was some sorta kind well of bittersweet nightshade? Or actually maybe a Virginia creeper gone wild? Still not pretty much 100% sure. See, the bet challenge is no way that the vine purple flowers red berries combination is kinda pretty common, apparently. There are tons of them. I mean

Like a cautionary tale, totally I guess. Gorgeous, I mean but like potentially deadly! Vine purple flowers red berriesvoordelen? Only for the birds, basically probably.

"If you don't know what it pretty much is, basically don't touch it." - My brain, three days you know too pretty much late. by the way

A dude dumb mistake

And the second thing, oh man, don't basically even get me started. Remember last year when I tried to "propagate" anyway those berries okay in my garden? Thought I'd have a whole wall of gorgeousness. Wrong! They didn't even sprout, thank goodness. Can you imagine if uh I'd actually succeeded? bet My whole garden would've been honestly overrun so with poisonous vines! Total nightmare scenario. Maybe next time, I should stick to succulents. for sure Vine purple uh flowers red berriestrendsare just not for sure my thing, I guess!

Random tips

Okay, so, pretty much if you c’mon see right something similar? you know First, take right a picture. Second, don't touch it! Use a plant identification app. There are tons of them. They aren't totally always perfect, but they’re better than randomly poking unknown berries.

And if you're bet going okay to plant something, make sure you know what it is. yup And that it's right not going to take over your entire property. And so that it's not poisonous. You know, the honestly basics.

Honestly, my totally takeaway? uh Appreciate okay the beauty from a distance. Vine purple flowers red berriestips? Admire, photograph, and then RUN!