Lycianthes, Blue Lycianthes, Blue Potato Bush, Paraguay Nightshade 'Royal Robe'

This morning I found this plant at Lowes in Palm Spring, CA. I'm looking forward to trying it here. Very pretty coloring.

I read that all parts of this plant are poisonous if ingested. I didn't know that when I bought it but my cats and it have lived happily ...Read Moretogether all summer.

I live in San Diego,CA and have 5 of these plants. They adapt to the climate here in Southern California as if they are native here. They...Read More grow very fast and love the 360 days of sunshine here a year. When planted here they spread like a weed very quickly. They are a very enchanting plant. I love em.

I planted 3 of these plants (quart size) last spring. They grew to a little more than 3 feet tall. All of them have already begun to pu...Read Moret on new growth as of Feb. 5, 2006. I plan to move two of them to a more sunny area. This plant seems to bloom better with a little more sun than shade at least in Summerville, SC.

i live in the california valley and the blue potatoe vine (shrub) dies back in the winter its best if you protect it from freezing.
...Read More it loves full sun. i had one at my old home and it is now like a small tree..you have to keep the suckers pruned or it becomes a bush..you can cut small flowering limbs and put in a vase.mine is now about 8 or 9 feet tall.also it was trained and staked because the main trunk is not thick enough to support it..i love its blooms , and i plan to put another one on the opposite side of my apt. yard.

My DH bought me this plant for Mother's day last year. It was in a gallon pot. I transplanted to a 14" container and it grew to about 3...Read More ft. It has overwintered in the garage and still has flowers!

This beautiful bush bloomed all year in phoenix but better in the spring and summer. I trained it as a vine but it reached over 12 feet u...Read Morentill pruned, looking more like a tree. Very forgiving when not watered regularly. Nancy

I found this plant at the Lowes Home Improvement in Winston-Salem, N.C. on university pkwy.

I found this plant today at Wal-Mart in Stillwater, OK.

I grew this plant in my front yard a few summers ago. It bloomed vigorously all summer with small but noticable violet-blue flowers. Th...Read Moree bush was about 5-6 foot high and about the same in width. We (Atlanta, Ga. ) area had a particularly cold winter that year and it was killed back to the groung level and did not reappear next year. I have been trying to fine it since. I have checked most of my local nurseries and mail order sources to no avail, however. I would appreciate anyone telling me where I might find this plant.