Ground cherries (Physalis spp.) aren't cherries at all. Instead, these fascinating plants from the Americas are more closely ...

Ground cherries grow on a bush-like plant with bright green leaves that have toothed edges. When mature the shrub gets about 1 to 3 feet tall and wide. My friend Linda put tomato cages around her ...

They grow rapidly up to 3’ tall with tooth edged green leaves ... of the plant is toxic to pets and to people. Today, there are many hybrids and varieties of ground cherries.

Like tomatoes, ground cherries do well in the hot summer months in Greater Columbus, and their many leaves, as well as the husks, protect the edible fruit from sunburn. The plants require a fair ...

Gottfried Von Strassburg For years I have been growing plants in the solanaceae family – tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, tomatillos, and ground cherries. What you might not know is that Atropa ...

Even so, it was with a happy remembrance of times past that I discovered two volunteer ground cherry plants when I was out raking leaves last week. Reminding myself that my tastes have changed and ...

Other vegetable plants in the same family (solanaceae, or nightshade) as tomato include eggplant, pepper, potato, tomatillo and ground cherry ... removing the lower leaves and planting transplants ...