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from "Peter" contains these words:

The garden centre thought they were too small to be Poached egg plants -

They obviously hadn't a clue what poached egg plant is or looks like.
Maybe they thought they would be the size of poached eggs?

Do
they flower profusely as in the photo? (excuse my ignorance)

Yes.

You can check this out for yourself in google. Click on "images",
type in the name, press search..

Janet.