Solanum crispum 'Glasnevin'
potato tree
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- size:
- 7cm pot
- available within:
- 2-3 days
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile, moist but well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: June to September
- Flower colour: deep purple-blue
- Other features: tiny yellowish-white autumn berries (poisonous)
- Hardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection)
Fragrant, deep purple-blue flowers from summer to autumn, followed by yellowish-white fruits, and dark green leaves. This vigorous scented climber is perfect for covering a sunny, sheltered wall or fence. Lavenders and catmint are ideal companion plants, clothing the ground underneath the climber and helping to balance the design. - Garden care: Tie in stems to horizontal wires or trellis. In early spring remove a third of the oldest stems to ground level.
- Eventual Height: 6m
- Eventual Spread: 4m