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Bindweed Calystegia sepium
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Hedge bindweed or bellbind with its pure white trumpet flowers is a familiar sight, choking plants in borders and twining around any plant shoot or cane. • Flowers bloom from May through September, when white to pale pink, funnel-shaped flowers develop. • Fruits are egg-shaped capsules containing 2 to 4 seeds. • The blackish-brown seeds are 3-angled with 1 rounded side and 2 flat sides. Their shape is similar to that of a quartered orange. • The fruits are eaten by birds and can remain viable in the soil for decades. • The roots are usually white and brittle and, if broken, are able to regenerate from the smallest sections. • Bellbind or hedge bindweed climbs with strong twining stems, has large heart-shaped leaves and large white trumpet flowers. • It is most often seen as a hedgerow plant or weed, scrambling over and often smothering hedges and shrubs of all sizes and even smaller ornamental trees. • Bellbind spreads mainly from sections of underground stem called rhizome or root. • The roots of bellbind may penetrate up to 5 meters deep or more and spread rapidly, but most growth is from white, shallow, fleshy underground stems. • Established colonies can spread outwards by 2 meters or more in a single season. • Stems twist in a counter-clockwise direction. It has been suggested that unwinding the main stem and rewinding it in the opposite direction will kill the plant. • The stalks and root are edible when cooked, Washed and steamed. • It has a pleasant sweet taste, rich in starch and sugars and is very nutritious. • It should not be eaten regularly, however, due to its possible purgative effect. • For more videos, photos and blog posts like this please visit http://www.wholesomeday.com • Twitter: / wholesomeday • Tumblr: / wholesomeday • Pinterest: / wholesomed • Facebook: / wholesomeday
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