species
Solanum crispum
Chilean potato vine
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Solanum crispum belongs to the family Solanaceae, also known as Chilean potato vine, introduced to the UK. It reaches 6 m tall and 50 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam or chalk soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits sheltered positions. It flowers from June to September and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H4 (hardy): −10 to −5°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 6 m tall × 50 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H4 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Chalk
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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