Solanum laxum 'Album'
(White Potato Vine)
Family - Solanaceae
Category - Climber
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 6m
Width - 6m
Location - The Topiary Meadow
Description: A semi-Evergreen, woody climber with mid to dark green, narrowly ovate to lanceolate leaves. White, star-shaped flowers, each with a central cluster of yellow Anthers are produced in Racemes from midsummer into autumn. The flowers are followed by round, black berries.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Synonym - Solanum jasminoides 'Album'
Flower:
White, star-shaped flowers have a central cluster of yellow anthers. The flowers are produced in prolific clusters from July into September, possibly later. The flowers are followed by round, black berries.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Star-shaped flowers in racemes
Flowering time: July, August, September
Foliage:
Mid to dark green leaves are narrowly ovate to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are Alternately arranged along the climbing stems.
Foliage Senescence: Semi-evergreen
Foliage Shape: Ovate, lanceolate
Poison Information:
This plant is toxic if ingested.
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in a sheltered position in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.