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Solanaceae
Brazilian nightshade
Solanum seaforthianum
Also known as Potato vine, Solanum seaforthianum, Italian jasmine, Solanum prunifolium
Zones 9–11Sun Partial SunWater ModerateCare Low
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Nightshade · Fast · Growing · Purple · Flowers · Red · Berries · Birds · Drought · Tolerant
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Currently out of stock everywhereStock updated 9/6/2026
This fast-growing vine produces clusters of purple flowers followed by bright red berries that attract birds. Very easy to grow and quite drought tolerant once established. May self-seed readily in favorable climates.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water when soil is dry, drought tolerant once established · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- 50°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 9a-11b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 15 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 30 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador
- Attracts
- Birds, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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