Physalis alkekengi Gigante

£8.00

Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern, Winter cherry. A vigorous spreading perennial growing 30-60 cm (1-2 ft) high of the potato family. The ripe fruits are orange-scarlet, borne inside a papery calyx or ‘lantern’, and are edible with a tomato-strawberry flavour. Bees like the flowers. Gigante has extra large fruits.

Out of stock (For plants, a selection of summer/warm-weather plants is available June/July and our main stock list from August, for autumn/winter delivery)

Description

Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern, Winter cherry. A vigorous spreading perennial growing 30-60 cm (1-2 ft) high of the potato family. The ripe fruits are orange-scarlet, borne inside a papery calyx or ‘lantern’, and are edible with a tomato-strawberry flavour. Bees like the flowers. Gigante has extra large fruits.

Additional information

Weight 1.00 kg