Solanum marginatum | Purple African & White Margined Nightshade | 50_Seeds Wildlife

Solanum marginatum | Purple African & White Margined Nightshade | 50_Seeds WildlifeThese seeds were collected from Solanum marginatum, also known as purple African nightshade, and white margined nightshade. This perennial shrub likes to live in full to partial shade. This shrub is grown for its fuzzy hairy velvety leaves and mine has grown about 5 feet high. The white blossoms are out repeatedly through the spring and summer. Solanum in general are larval host plants for the Klugs Clearwing butterfly. USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 11.

The stems are used to collect fiber and pulp used in making paper

also known as downy Indian paintbrush

The bloom is a beak with a green background and speckled purplish brown foreground

the first seeds collected are F1 seeds and the plants grown from these seeds are the only ones to have something called hybrid vigor

also known as Soncoya

also known as Curly Clematis

retaining moisture

and the plants that grow from those cuttings will be F1 plants

This tree likes to live in full sun to partial shade where it can grow up to 40 feet high

These seeds are from Lonicera periclymenum Serotina

It does not do well in clay

This tender perennial has one of the most impressive blooms ever seen