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Much of our food comes from plants of the nightshade family: tomato, potato, eggplant… Discover the reasons behind its name and species that belong to it.

Solanum crispum

Chilean potato tree: growing & care guide

Climbing plants
Rustic bowl of silky bronze-grey aubergine soup swirled with white mint yogurt, scattered green mint and parsley, cumin seeds, red chilli flakes, olive oil drizzle

Charred Aubergine Soup with Mint Yogurt and Toasted Cumin

Soup
Rustic cast-iron pan of golden-skinned chicken thighs nestled in glossy red, orange and yellow pepper strips with tomato sauce, scattered parsley, crusty bread beside

Chicken Braised with Sweet Peppers, Tomatoes and Smoked Paprika

Main Dish
Ornamental tobacco

Ornamental tobacco, beautiful flowers for a garden bed

Garden Flowers
Black goji

Black goji berry, a power-packed goji berry species

The fruit Orchard
Cyphomandra fruits hanging from a tree

Cyphomandra, a tree that’s part of the tomato family

Trees and shrubs
Calibrachoa

Calibrachoa, a cascade of colors

Garden Flowers
Green tomatillo fruits from growing the plant

Tomatillo, the Mexican Physalis

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Raised beds with companion planting

Companion planting in the vegetable patch

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cestrum

Cestrum, a shrub with fragrant hanging flowers

Trees and shrubs
Growing bell pepper and chili

Bell peppers and chili, fabulous to grow

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Solandra chalice vine

Chalice vine, solandra, a vine with stunning cup flowers

Climbing plants
Tamarillo

Tamarillo, the tomato tree

Trees and shrubs
White-yellow flower unfurling, still unclear whether it is a datura or a brugmansia flower.

Datura or Brugmansia, Trumpets of discord

Garden Flowers
Bountiful eggplant with a dozen eggplants.

Eggplant, abundant till the end of summer

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solanum jasminoides - potato vine

Solanum, Potato vine, a jasmine look-alike

Climbing plants
A sliced vitelotte black potato on a fresh harvest shows its purple insides.

Vitelotte, or black vitelotte, the China truffle

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Cherry tomatoes growing on the plant.

Cherry tomato, savoring the summer!

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Potato planting, care and harvest

Potato, how to grow and harvest potatoes

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Dangling brugmansia flower opening up to reveal peach-colored blooms.

Brugmansia, gigantic flowers!

Trees and shrubs
Goji Berry - Lycium barbarum

Goji berry, a very interesting fruit tree

The fruit Orchard
Surfinia flower

Surfinia, the hanging petunia with abundant blooming

Garden Flowers
Petunia growing in a pot

Petunia, perpetually fashionable

Garden Flowers
Datura flower, double or triple, with white and purple petals

Datura tips and guidance for the best possible care

Trees and shrubs
Brunfelsia pauciflora

Brunfelsia – “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” – Growing and Care

Indoor plants
Physalis, a fruit with many benefits

Physalis (Cape gooseberry, winter cherry): traditional uses, how to prepare it, and cautions

Health
physalis

Physalis, growing winter groundcherry

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