What is the blue potato shrub?
Blue bush potatoes is a permanent evergreen shrub. It is a tropical plant and very resistant to heat, but can also survive in colder climate. His striking flowers and berries make him a good choice for a decorative shrub. The bush seeds are poisonous and no part of the plant should be used. Sometimes they are also called Paraguay Nightshade for their origin. Blue Solanum Shrub is another name for the plant. His scientific categorization is lycianthes rantonnetii . Blue potato shrubs belong to the Solanum family. Biologists such as common potatoes, solanum tuberosum , which is in the same family. They are usually very bushy, with many branches. Plants can also be trimmed and trained to grow like small trees.
The evergreen leaves The Blue potato shrubs is medium to dark green. They can be up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) long and are usually oval in the shape and are somewhat directed. Leaves usually also have corrugated edges.
As the name suggests, the blue potato shrub produces dark blue or purple flowers that grow in clusters. The centers of these flowers are light blue or yellow. The flowers are round and usually 0.5 to 1 inch (1.25 to 2.5 centimeters) in diameter. The covers bloom in the summer and fall in a milder climate, but where it is warm enough, they will bloom all year round. Plant berries are red, oval and up to 1 inches (2.5 centimeters) long.
The blue bush of potatoes has several different varieties that have small changes in their flowers and leaves. The royal robes potato shrub has darker, blue-violet flowers, while Outremer has wider flowers that are clearer blue. Variegata aurea , as the name suggests, is a variety that has varied leaves.
comes from tropical climate, the blue potato shrub requires constantly wet soil, but should not be connected too often. Plants prefer neutral or slightly acidic soilswith lots of organic matter and should be planted in full sunlight. It can withstand temperatures up to 15 ° F (-9.4 ° C), although they should be protected from frost. In the colder climate, shrubs behave like deciduous plants, frozen in winter, but in spring temperatures rise again.