Description
Solanum sisymbriifolium
Double warning: I am seriously thorny but very addictive! This somewhat bizarre tomato and potato relative produces large flowers similar to potatoes followed by delicious richly flavoured fruit which are a bit like a cross between a cherry and a tomato – a much richer flavour than tomatoes. It produces all summer and into winter and we have found that the shrub tolerates a very light frost. Otherwise the plant enjoys the same conditions as tomatoes. All parts of the shrub are prickly, even the calyx, so you must pick fruit with great care, but you will be amazed at how, despite this, it keeps you coming back for more!!
Grows to a height of 1.5m and requires staking. Plant in full sun and protect from late and heavy frosts.
9cm pot certified organic plant. Available Nov – Feb.
Freight: We can send up to 9 plants this size (in 9cm pots) for the same freight price or they can be combined with other grades but this will incur higher freight costs.
More details of freight and packing charges here
Main photo: http://www.eattheweeds.com/litchi-tomato/
Others: Kahikatea Farm
