Solanum Glasnevin

Solanum ‘Glasnevin’

Solanum crispum ‘Glasnevin’. ‘Chilean Potato Plant’. This is a large, scrambling, semi-evergreen climbing shrub with finely-pointed leaves. Fragrant violet-blue flowers in large open clusters in Summer and Autumn. Solanum Glasnevin

Name: Solanum crispum ‘Glasnevin’

Approx. Height and spread: 4-8 M x 1-1.5 M

Position: Full Sun

Soil Ph: Alkaline, Neutral

Moisture: Moist, but well drained.

Hardiness: Mostly Hardy.

‘...it is a native of South America and was introduced to this country in the 1700s. In 1939 the Royal Horticultural Society gave it an Award of Garden Merit (AGM)’.