
Photo: Yu-Huang Wang · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bloom colours
cream, purple
What actually matters with this one
Each stem fruits once then dies; the sucker beside it is next years crop. It is a giant herb, not a tree.
How to grow it
- Light
- full sun
- Water
- Never let it dry out
- Hardiness
- Zones 9-11
- Height
- 2-6 m
- Flowers
- Summer
- Difficulty
- moderate
Plant it alongside
Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.



