PlantFiles: Easter Eggplant, Easter Egg Plant
Solanum melongena

My wife & I saw two of these plants growing, with fruit, near here, Massillon, OH. We don't know if they were planted this spring or over-wintered. We hope to get a picture to upload soon.

I wasn't particularly impressed with Easter Eggplant. It was a novelty to try, but I wouldn't bother with it again. They do look like real eggs though. From what I've read, you're not supposed to eat them.

planted easter '05 outside in my garden, and it is still growing!

Fun little eggplant to grow. I can grow this one in the sun room year round!

I have grown the White Egg (De Ruiters) on several occasions. It is a hardy and prolific plant. Its edible qualities leave a lot to be desired but it is a superb novelty.

i live in northern south carolina. I have one my mother gave me and she said it came with a recipe book and the could be used as a egg in recipes. she bought hers at wal-mart. mine is 3 1/2 ft tall with 9 eggs and still blooms. beautiful plant.

I got the Plant from a kit called "WONDER EGG" and i want to know if it is the same thing. the scientific name is the same, so i think so, somebody e-mail me a picture of the WHOLE plant, not the fruits. but still, i like it, even if it is only a 2 inch seedling

I started growing this plant from a seed on my birthday february 26th of 2002. The seedlings did exceptionally well. I took the strongest and let it grow in a greenhouse type effect. Then I left it in the window for some hours of sun but not full sun.I gave it ounces of water each day in the morning. it grew steady in foliage. leaf by leaf. Then after a period its heighth gained just a bit. I waited until it was about five or six inches and transplanted it to a bigger pot, for which it had no problem adjusting. I traveled to Denver from Alabama with it. There I watered it daily in a window. and then after a month or so I put it out in full sun, It grew much more in heighth and grew more leaves and bloomed. I am not certain what happened, I had to leave for a month or so and the person in charge said it wilted and had to cut the leaves and foliage off. When I got it, it was a strong sturdy branch but not any foliage I have been giving it full sun, daily water and it has grew an inch or so in heighth is chalk full of leaves and has around fifteen beautiful lavender buds. It is the easiest plant I have had yet.:) and beautiful. It is sixteen inchs.