Saturday afternoon.
These colorful (but unidentifed) berries on a vine caught my eye! Highland Park, Pittsburgh.
The colors looked unreal.
*update 8:45 AM Sunday
Blog Reader L has sent Plant ID “The plant is ampelopsis.”
*update 9:04 from blog reader L
“Porcelain-berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata) was originally brought to the United States around the 1870’s as a landscape plant. Porcelain-berry is now recognized as an invasive plant, which can quickly overwhelm and displace native plants.Sep 7, 2006”
thanks for the info L
Beautiful, vivid colors!
They would make a pretty bracelet 🌻
I wonder what they might taste like…
The berries look both poisonous and delicious. 😉
I don’t think we should sample them. Common name is porcelain berry.
I agree – they do look unreal!
I don’t want to eat them
Great images Ruth. You captured the crisp colors. I am thinking wild grapes. Highland Park is full of them. I could be, and probably am, wrong. They look like the vines that grow in the trees behind our home.
“Porcelain-berry ((Ampelopsis brevipedunculata) was originally brought to the United States around the 1870’s as a landscape plant. Porcelain-berry is now recognized as an invasive plant, which can quickly overwhelm and displace native plants.Sep 7, 2006”. Update from a reader
With those colours I bet they’re poisonous too!
They don’t look edible to me but I’ll check. Didn’t see any birds after them. Thanks Gilly.
They look like artfully dyed easter eggs. Invasive, terrible easter eggs. 😉