A mass of colour

lovely...mine`s not flowering yet !

It certainly is doing very well....

Great. I too have one of these and it is also flowering very well. Must like the weather we have had.

It didn't like the winter, but the recent sun suits it really well....

I believe that the winter did mine a lot o goo as it killed off many of the weaker shoots. Natural pruning!

I have yet to see this in bloom in London: You have a good plant there Spritz.

keep looking at them wth a view to buying not sure were to put one

Yes, Rbt, it's in a good position against a wasll facing west - it thrives there

Cristina, bear in mind that it needs protection - so against a wall or fence facing wst ir south west seems to be best. I hope you can find the right position...it is a beautful plant.

is it a climer

More of a 'scrambler', Cristina - you have to tie it on to wires or a trellis.

Mine is like this this year , huge and growing all over the summer house ......

Isn't it strange - something has agreed with them this year!

Fabulous. I'm intrigued as to why this doesn't grow in London RbtKew......it grows well here in Scotland.

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Oh, reading it again, did Rbtkew mean it's not yet in flower because it's too early? I thought he meant it didn't grow there! lol! Sorreeeeeee!! :))

I suspect so - unless not many people grow it???? I'd have thought they would, though. London definitely has its own micro-climate.

Yes, I took him too literally! bloomin daft I am!! ;)

Give over - Course you're not! ;-)

:)) thanks B! ...but yes, sometimes....but then we all have our moments eh? ;)

Oh yes....I certainly do! :-(((

I just planted one of those on Monday. Just hope it gets as healthy as yours - they are quite vigorous arent they ?

Yes, if they like the place where you've put them. I think these are hardier than S. laxum - that really suffered last winter and I had to cut out half the stems.

Good luck with yours, Paul - once it gets going, it flowers for ages! :-)

I had pored over the 'Flowering shrub expert' book looking for ideas and discounted Solanum as a possibility - until I saw it at Hidcote Manor a few weeks ago, then I just had to get one. Sometimes the books just dont do things justice.

True. You sometimes need to see a plant or shrub 'in the flesh' to see the real colour, and as with this, 'en masse'. Hidcote, eh? One of my favourite gardens, along with Sissinghurst. :-)))