Hi all! I've been looking for perennial ground cherry seeds for quite some time. Either Physalis heterophylla or P. Virginiana. Although they are native in my area, I haven't been able to locate wild specimens yet to save the seeds. Would anyone know where to get some of these seeds? Thanks!
You might have some luck contacting baker creek seeds as they often carry unusual plants. If they don't have the seed, chances are they know someone who does.
I'm wondering the same thing. I've heard of people growing ground cherries (or tomatillos?) that reseeded. I'd love to know of a variety that reseeds or is perennial!
Veronica I know what you are talking about. I will post something on the forum this summer if i find them again. They are easily zone 3 hardy, but in a garden they are like quack grass. If you helped them start in a dry thin grassy area like a road side bank, so they get sun and not smothered out, one could like their perennial habit. Maybe a orchard ,if sunny enough. Like many hard to control plants they can be hard to establish were they need to be. In their natural habitat they seem to behave nicely.
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