RE: A Thorny Issue
- Subject: RE: A Thorny Issue
- From: "Marilyn Dube" m*@easystreet.com
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:10:03 -0800
Do you grow either of these in your PNW garden? or only in Mexico? The NZ
plant has a beautiful flower.
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of HarleyLady
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:55 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: A Thorny Issue
I grow Solanum quitoense with similar thorns but different leaf shape with
a purple velvet look.
http://www.3-187-rakkasans.us/SanFelipe/solanum.jpg
And this one from New Zealand has edible fruit:
http://www.3-187-rakkasans.us/SanFelipe/SolanumLaciniatum.JPG
They are both major attention-getters in the garden.
HarleyLady
BC Mexico and
Pacific NorthWET
At 06:15 PM 3/17/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Most of us tend to think of thorns as being projections off of a stem or
>trunk. Another one of the odd-ball plants which I grow is Solanum
>pyracanthos, a tomato relative whose leaves are exceptionally well-armed.
>
>Take a look: http://home.wi.rr.com/llmen/solpyr.jpg
>
>--
>Don Martinson
>Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>l*@wi.rr.com
>
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