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Solanaceae
Potato Vine Flower
Solanum laxum
Climbing ambition.
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
- Native to
- Brazil, Argentina, South America
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer, Fall
- Type
- vine
- Height
- 15-25 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, fertile
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 8-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Despite its name, this vine produces no edible tubers and all parts are mildly toxic if ingested.
- It can grow up to 6 feet in a single season, scrambling over walls and arbors with twining stems.
- The star-shaped flowers closely resemble true potato blossoms, confirming their close botanical relationship.
- In Mediterranean climates, it blooms nearly year-round, pausing only during the coldest winter weeks.
- The 'Album' cultivar with pure white flowers has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Color meanings
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reaching for goals
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abundance
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persistence