This is for those who like to grow wicked relatives of common plants. Known as the litchi tomato, fire-and-ice plant, and several other names, this wild tomato species grows as a 2-5 foot bush, with broad, frilly tomato-like leaves but with every. Last. Inch of the plant covered in spines. Flowers are lavender to white and a broad pentagonal shape, and fruits develop in an also spiny husk, ripening to bright red and tasting much like a sweet, slightly tangier tomato but with more crunchy seeds. Best grown fully tropically or as an annual; it will not tolerate hard frosts but can withstand light ones.
Packets contain approx. 15 seeds each.