Lulo de Paramo (Solanum vestissimum)
This is another exciting find sourced from Brian at Raindance seeds. We must first thank him for all the work he has done to preserve genetics from around the world and then acknowledge that this is a close cousin of the naranjilla which returned from the earth after the 2025 January snows of New Orleans.
This bad boy was discovered in the Colombian Highlands at 2800 feet. Brian is the first to fruit this species in the USA. Lulo de Paramo is just as fuzzy as its naranjilla relative but with a bright lavender coloration all throughout the plant including the flowers.
The fruits are surprisingly sweet and delicious reminding one of peaches and oranges in taste. It would make an excellent juice and is also great eaten fresh when cut in half and scooped out with a spoon. The plant has very large attractive purple leaves and reaches 5 feet.
It grows as a perennial in mild climates and would likely return from the erath here in New Orleans. Brian offers thanks to Camilo for making this available.
This is another exciting find sourced from Brian at Raindance seeds. We must first thank him for all the work he has done to preserve genetics from around the world and then acknowledge that this is a close cousin of the naranjilla which returned from the earth after the 2025 January snows of New Orleans.
This bad boy was discovered in the Colombian Highlands at 2800 feet. Brian is the first to fruit this species in the USA. Lulo de Paramo is just as fuzzy as its naranjilla relative but with a bright lavender coloration all throughout the plant including the flowers.
The fruits are surprisingly sweet and delicious reminding one of peaches and oranges in taste. It would make an excellent juice and is also great eaten fresh when cut in half and scooped out with a spoon. The plant has very large attractive purple leaves and reaches 5 feet.
It grows as a perennial in mild climates and would likely return from the erath here in New Orleans. Brian offers thanks to Camilo for making this available.
This is another exciting find sourced from Brian at Raindance seeds. We must first thank him for all the work he has done to preserve genetics from around the world and then acknowledge that this is a close cousin of the naranjilla which returned from the earth after the 2025 January snows of New Orleans.
This bad boy was discovered in the Colombian Highlands at 2800 feet. Brian is the first to fruit this species in the USA. Lulo de Paramo is just as fuzzy as its naranjilla relative but with a bright lavender coloration all throughout the plant including the flowers.
The fruits are surprisingly sweet and delicious reminding one of peaches and oranges in taste. It would make an excellent juice and is also great eaten fresh when cut in half and scooped out with a spoon. The plant has very large attractive purple leaves and reaches 5 feet.
It grows as a perennial in mild climates and would likely return from the erath here in New Orleans. Brian offers thanks to Camilo for making this available.