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Solanaceae
Costa rican nightshade
Solanum wendlandii
Also known as Guatemalan nightshade, Mullein nightshade, Potato tree, Solanum mazatenangense
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Climbing · Purple Flowers · Tropical · Vine · Nightshade · Rare · Greenhouse · Support · Showy
This vigorous climbing nightshade produces showy purple flower clusters and requires warm tropical conditions. Provide strong support and regular feeding during growing season. Best suited for experienced gardeners in warm climates or heated greenhouses.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until soil is moist throughout · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- 50°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 9a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 15 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Malawi, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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