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Solanum jasminoides (Potato vine)

Other names: Solanum laxum Album, Solanum jasminoides var Album

S. jasminoides has a scent like jasmine, but is not as overpowering. It is a reliable plant that blooms very well in the spring and has a mild perfume. It is hard to kill with too much or too little water once established.
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2m max. spread

4m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Solanum crispum (Potato tree)

Other names: Chilean potato vine

S. crispum is a vigorous, scrambling, borderline hardy, semi-evergreen, climbing shrub with ovate, pointed, dark green leaves and large, open corymbs of fragrant, lilac to purple-blue flowers from summer into autumn. Flowers are followed by yellow-flushed, white fruit.
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2m max. spread

6m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Solanum crispum 'Glasnevin' (Potato tree 'Glasnevin')

Other names: Solanum crispum 'Autumnale'

'Glasnevin' is a vigorous, scrambling, semi-evergreen, climbing shrub with ovate, pointed, dark green leaves and large, open clusters of fragrant, violet-blue flowers from summer into autumn. Flowers are followed by pale yellow to yellow-orange fruit.
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2m max. spread

6m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie' (Ornamental sweet potato 'Blackie')

Other names: Sweet potato vine 'Blackie', Ornamental sweet potato 'Blacky'

'Blackie' is a fast-growing, tender, trailing, tuberous perennial, often grown as an annual, with heart-shaped, deeply lobed, maroon to dark purple leaves. Funnel-shaped, pale lilac flowers with dark purple centres are rarely produced.
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0.45m max. spread

0.6m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Solanum laxum 'Album' (White potato vine)

Other names: Solanum jasminoides 'Album'

'Album' is a semi-evergreen, perennial climber with slender twining stems. It has deeply cut, dark green foliage and white flowers in tight clusters that appear in summer.
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4m max. spread

6m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Solanum rantonnetii (Blue potato bush)

Other names: Solanum rantonnei, Lycianthes rantonnetii, Paraguay nightshade

S. rantonnetii is a tender, lax, branching, evergreen shrub with broadly elliptic, dark green leaves, sometimes pinnate, and clusters of shallowly trumpet-shaped, purple-blue flowers in summer and autumn followed by ovoid, red fruit.
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2m max. spread

2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' (Sweet Caroline Series) (Ornamental sweet potato 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple')

Other names: Sweet potato vine 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple'

'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' is a vigorous, tender, trailing, tuberous evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with heart-shaped, deeply lobed, purple-black leaves. Funnel-shaped, pale lilac flowers are rarely produced.
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0.9m max. spread

0.4m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Solanum laxum 'Album Variegatum' (Jasmine nightshade 'Album Variegatum')

Other names: Solanum jasminoides 'Album Variegatum', Potato vine 'Album Variegatum', White variegated potato vine, Solanum laxum 'Aureovariegata', Solanum laxum 'Aureovariegatum'

'Album Variegatum' is a tender, semi-evergreen to evergreen, twining, perennial climber bearing narrowly ovate to lance-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves with irregular, bright yellow margins and fragrant, white flowers from early summer into autumn.
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1.5m max. spread

3m max. height

5-10 years to maturity