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delphiniumdiva
Birmingham, AL
(Zone 8a)

June 27, 2004
08:29 AM

Post #927704

Here's a weird foliage plant I saw at Callaway Gardens and have been looking for ever since. Its a Solanum quitoense to be exact. Here's a link to some info from TopTropicals: [HYPERLINK@toptropicals.com]

It is a very unusual and scary looking plant with really cool soft purplish leaves and black stems, with black spikes stiking straight out from the leaf surfaces - soft ones though, not sticky like cactus. Its actually not the "deadly" nightshade but an edible variety, also known as najarilla (spelling) Here's a pic.

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