Solanum Glasnevin 3lt

Common Name Chilean potato vine is just the thing to give a sunny wall an exotic look. It has wiry stems, which need tying up to wires or trellis for support, clad in small semi-evergreen leaves which remain on the plant in all but bad winters. The potato-like flowers, each with lilac petals around a pointed yellow centre, appear continuously from mid-summer to mid-autumn. The variety 'Glasnevin' is the one to choose, as it flowers more prolifically and is also slightly hardier than plain Solanum crispum. This is trouble-free once established. Plants enjoy moist but well-drained soil that is neutral to slightly alakaline in pH.