Ever since some gardener discovered how to hybrid bushes into trees, I have seen almost every one of our popular plants hybrid into legged trees.I have a Purple Potato Tree/ Plant - it just doesn't sound right as a plant with its trunk. These are pictures of its buds when spring barely broke this year. I started with two, the one in the back yard, did not survive the transfer from the pot to the garden, but this one I planted in the front yard is doing great.
I am not sure if this front one is a different variety from the standard potato tree, but it keeps wanting to grow vines. Currently it is fully bloomed with a brighter shade of purple-pink, but I like the darker purple-blue shade here better.
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I've never heard of a purplr potato tree. Pretty flower. It's amazing what they can cross briend. My neighbor has a lot of the heirloom seeds he used for tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteAmanda, this is a very pretty shade of blue. About six months ago I had heard of a blue potato, so you know me, I researched and wrote about it.
ReplyDeleteI can't seem to find any here, but I ordered seeds online and now have to wait until warmer weather to see if they grow.
Wait...you have a purple tree that grows actual potatoes on it????? Potatoes grow out of your tree????? For real????? What land on the other side of the wardrobe do you live in?????
ReplyDeleteI love the color of the flower. I would like to see the potatoes that this tree produces.
ReplyDeleteThose flowers are so vibrant! I am unfamiliar with potato bushes, but they sure are pretty.
ReplyDeletevery interesting. I have not really seen a real potato plants up close. my hubby would just tell me it's a potato field when we pass by one. i only see potatoes already. I wonder what kind of potatoes this tree produce though. this isn't the one i see around here, is it?
ReplyDeleteMe too, this name of the tree is new to me also. But it really looks interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome to watch the growing process..Purple potato? Can't wait to see..
ReplyDeletePotato flowers are also beautiful as all the Solanaceae.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day!
One of my favorite colors of purple. The flowers remind me of the deep purple-blue of morning glories :) Thank you for the lovely photos...
ReplyDeleteI really like the deep purple blooms. This is the first I've heard of a Purple Potato ree! Interesting post.
ReplyDeleteI've not seen potato plant before. The purple flower is so pretty! It looks good and healthy, you have a green thumb, Amanda! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is a new plant to me, too. But it does look pretty! I tried to imagine it more pink, as you describe, but I am not sure I got there. Does it overwinter?
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely dark color isn't it... worth looking closely! L
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ReplyDeleteWow, Purple potatoes? Hmm, I have seen purple sweet potatoes but not purple potatoes.. I am waiting to see the fruit.. :)
ReplyDeletePoor thing can't help doing what comes naturally. It IS a vine. It is also very poisonous, so wash your hands after touching it. I also like the white Solanium variety, although it usually disappears on me.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting to grow a common plant into a tree!! The flowers are such a rich purple and just beautiful.
ReplyDeletevery pretty colors
ReplyDeleteloving it
Purple potato trees are totally new to me!
ReplyDeleteA Purple Potato tree is one I have never heard of but the bloom is beautiful. I really like your photo of the purple leaves.
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