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'Album' White Potato Vine | Solanum laxum

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Grown by Mollie

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Album' White Potato Vine | Solanum laxum Climbing Plants
Album' White Potato Vine | Solanum laxum Climbing Plants

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The highlights

  • Loves full sun
  • Ideal for training up a wall or pergola
  • Flowers from June to September
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

Description

  • An elegant climber (with a vigorous habit) with scented white flowers and rich green foliage
  • Delicately fragranced flowers comprise five silk white petals and bold, lemon yellow anthers protruding proudly from the centre. It flowers from June through to September
  • This semi evergreen climber grows in double quick time and is perfectly suited to covering a sunny wall, fence, arbour or pergola
  • Grows up to 9m high
  • Winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit
  • Please Note: Our climbers are pruned back each winter, and some during the summer, so you may find at certain times of year they do not cover the whole 90cm cane. This is intentional to ensure the best growth when you plant out

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Potted plant
3ft plant in a 3L pot
3L Potted Plants

Height on arrival:

20-90cm inc. pot
The height of your plant will be dependent on the time of year and pruning cycle. All climbers arrive on a 90cm bamboo cane.
20-90cm inc. pot

Eventual height:

6-9m

Eventual spread:

1.5-2m
Spreads approximately 1.5-2m.
1.5-2m
Spreads approximately 1.5-2m.

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

White and yellow
Silk white flowers from July to September
White and yellow
Silk white flowers from July to September

Habit:

Climbing
A climbing vine with twining stems perfect for training up a trellis, wall, pergola or fence.
Climbing
A climbing vine with twining stems perfect for training up a trellis, wall, pergola or fence.

Hardiness:

Hardy
H4 - Frost hardy down to temperatures of -10°C.
Hardy
H4 - Frost hardy down to temperatures of -10°C.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

1.5-2m
Plant 1.5-2m apart to allow for spreading.

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

On the pest front, this plant can have issues with aphids and glasshouse red spider mites when grown in greenhouses, whilst from a disease perspective, it can suffer from grey mould. To combat this, keep your greenhouse well ventilated and make sure to quickly remove dead plant material.

Water regularly

Water regularly, especially when the plant is establishing and during drier spells.

Full sun

Plant where your solanum will get at least 6 hours of sunlight daily

Moist and well drained soil

This plant should be grown in soil that's moist (but drains well) and that has either a neutral or alkaline pH.

Feed every spring

Feed in the springtime with a well-balanced, slow-release fertiliser.

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Cheltenham

Meet Mollie

Climbers grown by specialists at the height of their game

What does it take to grow the strongest and best climbing plants in the show tent? Organic fertilisers, natural pest control and years of dedication from Mollie, our expert grower in Worcestershire. Professionally pruned and checked by hand, they’re guaranteed to put on a gold standard display in your garden, too.

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