Double form not common in cultivation. This plant is certainly NOT drought hardy, gives me trouble in our dry area of calif. I must keep...Read More it potted and sitting in some water. Is frost hardy to a few degrees, but maybe not much more. Needs rich fertil soil to become strong & bloom. Single form supposedly highly invasive.
This is a plant native of the high places of the tropical forest of Brazil (mata atlântica), specially above 800 meters, and needs some ...Read Morecold climate in the winter and a lot of exposion to sun and heat in the summer... its fruits are in my experience tasteful. It's very common in the south of the states of Minas and north of São paulo, most in the mountains (Serra da Mantiqueira).
This plant grows spontaneously on fertile, cooler and humid places all over Brazil. The red/dark purple berries are somewhat acidic, but ...Read Moregood tasting. It´s nice when you walk on the mountains and stop to take a breath near one of these refreshing berries sources.
Double form not common in cultivation. This plant is certainly NOT drought hardy, gives me trouble in our dry area of calif. I must keep...Read More
This is a plant native of the high places of the tropical forest of Brazil (mata atlântica), specially above 800 meters, and needs some ...Read More
This plant grows spontaneously on fertile, cooler and humid places all over Brazil. The red/dark purple berries are somewhat acidic, but ...Read More