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Solanaceae
Apple-of-peru
Nicandra physalodes
Also known as Shoofly plant, Peruvian groundcherry, Wild tobacco, Atropa physalodes
Native Plants · Apple Of Peru · Nicandra · Annual · Ornamental · Blue Flowers · Seed Pods · Solanaceae · Cottage Garden · Self-Seeding · Wildflower
Apple-of-Peru is a fast-growing annual with attractive violet-blue bell-shaped flowers and papery, lantern-like seed pods that add ornamental interest. It thrives in full sun to part shade in average, well-drained soil with moderate watering. Note that all parts of the plant are considered toxic and it can self-seed prolifically, so deadhead spent blooms to control spread.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northwest, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canary Is., Cape Provinces
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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