Pineapple Ground Cherry Delivered

Botanical name: Physalis pruinosa Usually available: September to October Life cycle: Annual Size: H 60cm Position: Full sun Soil preference: Well drained Size supplied: 180mm Squat Pot These plants are for delivery only, no market collection. Postage fees will apply at checkout. Please see our postage information page for details. Also known as ‘Cossack Pineapple’. The sweet cousin to Cape Gooseberries and Tomatillo. A low growing shrub with papery lantern shaped husks surrounding the fruit. The cherry sized fruit is a yellow-orange colour with a sweet pineapple flavour, that tend to fall to the ground when rip, giving this plant its common name. Great to eat fresh and for preserves, as well as drying to make ‘Golden Berries’.