papery calyx and some getting ready to bloom
by mystic Aug 4, 2001 12:00 PM
Seed pod and seeds
by mystic Sep 11, 2001 4:23 PM
Close up of the bloom
by mystic Sep 23, 2001 4:00 PM
Perunkoiso - Nicandra physalodes, Espoo, Finland 2001.
by Evert Jan 24, 2002 8:37 AM
Nicandra physalodes, Apple of Peru
Seward, Alaska
August 2002
by Weezingreens Aug 30, 2002 6:22 PM
The flowers are nice, but the seed heads are the real feature of this plant. After flowering the green adds dark mottling. Once dried the head resembles some sort of strange chinese lantern and inside - almost a perfect sphere, full of seed. One of the most intricate seed packets I have ever seen.
by PotEmUp Aug 16, 2003 3:53 PM
Beautiful powder-blue flowers all summer, but a rather ungainly plant. Self-sows VERY profusely.
by HarryNJ Sep 22, 2003 8:03 AM
Not a great picture, but I think it still shows how big this plant can get. This one is in decline but is 5.5' high and over 6' across. It is growing in rather poor soil and received absolutely no fertilizer the entire growing season.
by HarryNJ Sep 22, 2003 8:03 AM
2-3 week old seedlings, fuschia pink stems, small pepper-like dots on the leaves
by wolfraven Apr 15, 2008 3:37 AM
Belsay hall garden, Northumberland July 2008
by kniphofia Jul 9, 2008 9:48 PM
Denver Botanic Gardens 08/14/2009.
by plutodrive Oct 5, 2009 1:23 AM
Denver Botanic Gardens 08/14/2009.
by plutodrive Oct 5, 2009 1:23 AM
Apple of Peru - a lovely surprise - that has appeared in my mid April garden in Waihi, New Zealand
by RosinaBloom Apr 20, 2013 8:19 AM
Centre flower detail
by RosinaBloom Apr 30, 2013 12:20 PM
Flower growth habit
by RosinaBloom Apr 30, 2013 12:20 PM
In Peru. Photo courtesy of, copyright of Jim Bishop, a Landscape Designer, from San Diego, California
by Kell Sep 28, 2019 9:59 PM
On a building site in Waihi, NZ
by RosinaBloom Apr 21, 2022 1:14 AM
Showing the pale yellowish fruit
by RosinaBloom Apr 21, 2022 1:17 AM
A self seeded Apple of Peru in my February garden this year
by RosinaBloom May 19, 2026 1:00 AM
