Kay Easton wrote in
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Victoria Clare writes
A while ago I posted about a blue-flowered 'melon tree' which I'd seen
advertised - later discovered to be 'pepino dulce', an edible solanum.

Well, I ordered one. Unfortunately the suppliers did not answer the
questions I sent with my order about what variety it was, or where I
could find out more.

I was expecting something tomato-esque, but this is more of a classic
solanum, with dark, faintly shiny leaves with paler ribs.

So you've made me think ...
Tomato is Lycopersicum. Blue is a colour that pops up frequetnly in
Solanum - woody nightshade, aubergine etc.
Are there any Lycopersicum with blue flowers?

Google doesn't seem to know of any: every reference I could find is to
yellow flowers.

Though as tomatoes started off being imported as a poisonous decorative,
and have mutated into all sorts of edible forms ( WHO decided to do
that, and how many stomach aches did they suffer before it worked?), I
bet it would be possible to breed one.

Didn't we have a similar discussion about potato flowers (which do seem
to be more variable than tomato ones)?

The reason I was thinking of Solanum muricatum (pepino dulce) in that
light is that apparently it is sometimes grown as an annual crop.

The one I have seems quite woody and shrublike in its growth pattern,
rather than having the softer green stems of a tomato, potato or a
physalis.

Victoria