Ornamental eggplant aka Pumpkin Tree, Mock Tomato or Red China Eggplant. Large plants boasts handsome, very large foliage. Pumpkin-orange tones appear as they begin to dry out late in the season. Great for indoor bouquets and arrangements all autumn long!

• Height - 3-4’

• Spacing - 2-3’

• Exposure - Sun

• Hardiness - Annual

• Attributes - Everlasting

Stake this plant as the fruit grows - it's really quite heavy, but the stems, which have purple thorns (it's an eggplant) are woody and very strong. Plant in enriched, well-drained soil and give it plenty of food and water for best growth. After the insignificant blooms pass in mid- to late summer, the fruit appears. At first it's pale green and nubby then turns deep scarlet. This persists into autumn, when the first chilly weather begins to turn the scarlet to orange. Within a week or two, you have it -- pumpkins on a stick! A single plant will yield dozens.

Solanum integrifolium