Bryonia alba is a herbaceous, perennial, climbing plant producing branching stems up to 4 metres long from a tuberous rootstock.The stems scramble over the ground, climbing into the surrounding vegetation where they attach themselves by means of tendrils.The plant has been used in the past as a medicine, and possibly also as a food, though both these uses should be viewed with some caution. The plant is also sometimes encouraged as an ornamental in hedgerows.
White Bryony Care
Bryonia Alba
What is the plant
humidity
Normal
lighting
Part sun and part shade
hardiness zone
5 - 9
difficulty
Medium
hibernation
Cold Period
toxicity
Poisonous
How to Care for the Plant
Water
It prefers moist soil.
Sunlight
It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.
Soil
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: neutral and basic (alkaline) soils.
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Additional
All parts of the plant, and especially the root, are poisonous.The root can cause severe diarrhoea and vomiting, resulting in death within a matter of hours
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