Is this purple flower potato bush (Solanum rantonnetii)?
Sowmya K (San Jose, CA)
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Sowmya K (San Jose, CA)
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Please help ID this purple flower bush
Comments (3)Thanks @rugbyhukr and @lola-lemon for the ID. The bees sure do love this plant so I think I'll keep it around....See MoreSolanum jasminoides (white potato vine)
Comments (20)We have sevceral plants along our south fence (on the north side of the fence) They were doing great and then the leaves started to curl up and drop off on all of the plants. I don't know what to do, they look like they are dying. Have you any suggestions? thank you...See Moreblue potato bush problem
Comments (8)Shapiro, this is a woody ornamental plant, actually technically I read that itÂs a woody vine that can be grown as a vine or shrub form. I believe the only reason itÂs nicknamed "potato bush" is because the flowers resemble those found on potato plants. It is in the same family, solanum, as potato, eggplant, etc. I was fairly impressed with how often mine bloomed even with a cool summer. When fall came, I sprayed with insecticide and brought it inside. It must not have liked the insecticide because it lost all itÂs leaves, but quickly grew new ones. ItÂs been in a spare bedroom all winter, did get a few blooms here and there. Now I will have to transplant and gradually get it accustomed to being outside once again. Vickie, I am no expert but if we are talking about the same bush, I am not sure exactly how frost tolerant they are. Was yours left out in winter and could yours have been damaged by frost? Could there be another plant known as blue potato bush (thatÂs the trouble with common names). The one I am referring too is called lycianthes rantonnetii though some websites say itÂs solanum rantonnetii....See MorePurple Potato Shrub
Comments (1)It may go by the names Blue Potato Bush, Paraguay Nightshade, Blue Lycianthes. I grew it for a few years by bringing it indoors for winter and putting outside for the summer. The only thing was that it lost it's leaves when brought indoors, regrew them over winter, then lost them again adjusting to the bright light of outside in spring. Nice plant though, and can be trained into a small shrub. I know here the local nurseries sometimes carry it. Either in a larger pot as a small shrub or even in a small pot as a 'basket filler' type plant....See Morethefof Zone 8/9 UK
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