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Withania (Winter Cherry)

Winter Cherry or locally called Orobal are native of the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean and the Arabian region. They are wintergreen and usually summer dormant woody shrub with large oval, sometimes undulated leaves and axillary yellowish-cream flowers, which are followed by fruits made up of a slightly inflated, green calyx and a bright orange "eye", i.e. the orange berry inside. For any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. Keep cooler, yet frostfree in winter at a minimum of some 15°C, water carefully as long as plants are in leaf. During summer irrigate sporadically so that the soil never dries out completely.
Sow flat on any rich, well drained soil. Especially in winter keep seedlings very sunny.
Note: As for most members within the Nightshade family (Solanaceae) all parts are poisonous if ingested
20 seeds per package.

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Withania riebeckii (Socotra Winter Cherry)

80 (120)cm, Socotra Winter Cherry is a very rare and threatened species from the island of Socotra, offshore Yemen. Withania riebeckii has narrow, woody branches and showy silvery-gray, elongated ovate to elliptical, densely smoothly hairy leaves, axillary to terminal, small creamy yellow flowers, and small orange berries surrounded by an open calyx. For any rich, very well drained soil in full sun throughout the year. In winter keep plants cooler at a minimum of some 15°C and water carefully. Our seeds are from correctly identified, true-to-type plants, whereas what you may usually find under this name on several selling platforms is the much more common Withania somnifera, which is a variable species. True Withania riebeckii always has bright orange fruits and upon maturity the calyx with the fruit inside will fall off the plant, whereas in Withina somnifera fruits are orange red and the dried up calyces usually stay persistently on the plant. X-II.
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Withania somnifera (Wintercherry)

100 (170)cm, Ashwagandha or Wintercherry is a perennial, evergreen woody shrub with a very wide distributional area from the Mediterranean through eatern Asia. In India it is widely used in traditional Ayurveda medicine as an antibiotic and a narcotic. The small inconspicuous yellowish green flowers are followed by ornamental glossy, orange red berries (poisonous) partially embedded in a green calyx. For any rich, well drained soil in full sun throughout the year. In winter keep cooler at a minimum of some 10°C with reduced watering. VII-X.
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