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AlisonjayneAlisonjayne Posts: 111
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Hi , I bought this at a garden centre but have lost the label. I have tried unsuccessfully to propagate it which is annoying as it grows like wildfire when attached to its parent plant!

Any help identifying would be great.



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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Solanum crispin glasnevin?


    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • AlisonjayneAlisonjayne Posts: 111
    I thought it might be that but this is a shrub and not a climber?
    Must stop buying more plants, repeat, must stop buying....
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Seconded! Apparently they need some heat for cuttings to take and protecting over winter. Be careful what you wish for though unless you want a solanum jungle instead of a garden 😆 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • AlisonjayneAlisonjayne Posts: 111
    Nollie said:
    Seconded! Apparently they need some heat for cuttings to take and protecting over winter. Be careful what you wish for though unless you want a solanum jungle instead of a garden 😆 
     I know what you mean, it just grows and grows but that's why I love it so much, its so pretty!
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I had one for a few years.
    It doesn't seem to climb naturally but with some encouragement and tying-in it will.
    After 2-3 years it became such a huge mass I removed the whole thing.

    Some RHS info here-
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/97176/solanum-crispum-glasnevin/details

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Alisonjayne said:
    I thought it might be that but this is a shrub and not a climber?
    Do you mean yours isn't a climber?

    Solanum crispum is a climber but you have to tie it in place. I prune mine quite hard to keep it in it's place and I tie it to wires on the fence.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    More of a sprawler than a climber. No means of attachment without help, no twining, no tendrils, no clingons


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • AlisonjayneAlisonjayne Posts: 111
    Busy-Lizzie said:
    Alisonjayne said:
    I thought it might be that but this is a shrub and not a climber?
    Do you mean yours isn't a climber?

    Solanum crispum is a climber but you have to tie it in place. I prune mine quite hard to keep it in it's place and I tie it to wires on the fence.
    Mine is definitely a shrub/bush type. Its about 6 feet high and almost as wide.
    Must stop buying more plants, repeat, must stop buying....
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    They do become woody and shrub like after a while.  There's another variety with white flowers, S. laxum Album, which is definitely a climber as it twines.  I removed the blue one after it started to take over and continually drop leaves, but that could have been down to my dry, sandy soil.  They do look good in flower, so enjoy it!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    edited October 2022
    I have one i planted in the corner of 2 stone walls. It must be about 3 or 4 metres tall, and just as wide. Looks stunning in full flower.

    I grew it as a shrub, not a climber.
    Sunny Dundee
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