Solanum Crispum - potato vine
I bought this plant last year and it is flowering now. My question is - has anyone grown this as a shrub rather than a climber? I have been told that eventually it becomes a thug and will rip down fences in its vigour. As the plant is relatively manageable at the moment I would like advise before it does any damage.
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My advice would be, it's a thug, only grow it where it has plenty of room. Sorry.
The yearly growth is massive but not self supporting.
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Thanks Nut and Hosta - After its growth this year I may have to dump it then. It does not have massive room to spread, although I have kept it in a very large flower pot. Just had a thought - maybe I could 'Bonsai' it.
An experiment that needs to be done Forester
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ha Ha Nut. I have no choice it seems - either 'Bonsai' or death. Some might say 'Bonsai' is torture though.
I'm in the middle of chopping this one down, this was about August last year and the thing was cut right back in the Spring. It was right over the grass and reached the greenhouse. We dug it right out, far too big.
That confirms it Lyn - my garden would not cope with that growth. Shame really, as it is such a pretty flower.
Thank you for the photo as it demonstrates its growth.
I think the white one may be a bit smaller and easier to manage, but mine was the blue one.
Great Runnybeak...-.... if.you do find the picture, can you say how old the plant is. Thanks.
My plant in the above photo was four years old and cut to the ground every Spring, it makes that much growth in a season.