Viewing post #1358825 by robynanne

RpR said:There are at least three, maybe four, varieties of ground cherries available as seeds.
Sometimes they have a fancy name but are really just another variety of ground cherry.
If you are really curious check the Latin name and you find out.
I much prefer the bush type as the sprawling ones can turn into a weed to a degree.

I never bought seeds. I'm growing these from seeds I've been taking from berries, grown to plants, then harvested seeds again. And cape gooseberries aren't ground cherries. They are different.

Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana 'Golden Berry')
This is a cape gooseberry flower. You can see the purple goes in a line all down the petal. The berry is bigger, the leaves fuzzier. The pods have a purple stripe while they are green.


Ground Cherry (Physalis pruinosa)
This is a ground cherry. The flower doesn't have the purple stripe going down the petal. The pods tend to stay all green too.