‘Bride’ is generally mature 75 days after sowing. Fruits are 7 to 8 inches long with white flesh and purple skin. Plants are sturdy and compact, and bear 2 to 3 fruits per cluster. Fruits are slender and straight. Eggplants […]
Solanum melongena ( Black Beauty Eggplant )
‘Black Beauty’ is a pear-shaped dark purple variety. Good flavor, and early maturing. Eggplants want much the same soil conditions as tomatoes, but they are also a little more sensitive, being generally susceptible to wilts, and fond of near-tropical weather. […]
Solanum melongena ( Bambino Eggplant )
‘Bambino’ is generally ready for harvest 70 days after sowing, making it one of the earliest varieties available. Dwarf plants grow to 1.5 feet high. Lavender flowers and velvety leaves. The fruits are black, and walnut sized and plants yield […]
Solanum melongena ( American Large Purple Eggplant )
‘American Large Purple’, also known as ‘Large American’ is a relatively rare heirloom variety with pear-shaped fruit measuring 8 inches long and 7 inches across. Each plant generally produces 3 fruits. Eggplants want much the same soil conditions as tomatoes, […]
Solanum jasminoides ( Potato vine )
This is a semi-evergreen or evergreen climber, to 20 feet tall. Leaves are slender, ovate to lancolate, shiny, deep green, to 2 inches long. Flowers are fragrant, blue and white with yellow anthers, to 1 inch wide, held in axillary […]
Solanum crispum ( Chilean potato vine )
Fast growing evergreen or semi-evergreen climber, with ovate, dark green leaves to 5 inches long. Flowers are fragrant and lilac to purple-blue, 1 inch across held in terminal corymbs to 6 inches across. Protect from frost.
Solanum capsicastrum ( Winter cherry )
This is a small, bushy, upright, evergeen shrub that is usually grown as winter fruit-bearing annual. Grows 12 to 24 inches tall and wide. Leaves are oblong to lanceolate, downy, deep green, 2 to 3 inches long, and with wavy […]
Solandra nitida ( Chalice vine )
Branching evergreen climber with elliptic leaves. Yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers with purple veins bloom in summer; purple ridges mark the insides of each flower. Grow on pergola or arch. Scale insects and spider mites may be a problem.
Solandra hartwegii ( Chalice vine )
Branching evergreen climber with elliptic leaves. Yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers with purple veins bloom in summer; purple ridges mark the insides of each flower. Grow on pergola or arch. Scale insects and spider mites may be a problem.
Sobralia macrantha ( Sobralia Orchid )
A usually terrestrial orchid with leathery leaves (to 12 inches long). From spring to summer, the 6 inch across flowers appear in succession, on canes. Use terrestrial orchid potting mix. Requires filtered light and humidity in summer, full light and […]