https://gardern.co.za/2011/07/pricks-joys-of-thorns/ Horticulturist Matt Mattus shares gardening expertise, research and science from his home garden and greenhouse. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 22:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://gardern.co.za/2011/07/pricks-joys-of-thorns/#comment-3797 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:56:39 +0000 #comment-3797 I love my thornless Solanum quitoense, it's such a juxtaposition with Solanum pyracanthum. I wish I could keep them both over the winter, sadly, I'll have to let them go with the frost, as they cats will constantly try to eat them and they're no good for them 🙁

]]> https://gardern.co.za/2011/07/pricks-joys-of-thorns/#comment-3796 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:44:57 +0000 #comment-3796 I feel a little like you wrote this post just for me! I do love the spikes. When we started looking around for a pug to adopt my husbands main concern was the agave spikes. Bulging pug eyes and agave spikes are not a good combination.

]]> https://gardern.co.za/2011/07/pricks-joys-of-thorns/#comment-3795 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:58:53 +0000 #comment-3795 I didn't know so many solanums were thorny! I just started growing a solanum mammosum from seed this year, it's been really interesting to watch the crazy thorns develop all over

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