Toma Verde tomatillo
Physalis philadelphica 'Toma Verde'
USDA zones3 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Toma Verde' tomatillo (Physalis philadelphica 'Toma Verde') is an annual for containers, low maintenance gardens, and food gardens. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy or loamy soil. It grows at a rapid rate and blooms from early to late summer. Bees visit the flowers. It is an early green tomatillo that also tolerates drought.
Pairs well with Ring of Fire sunflower, Ballerina zinnia, and Blue grama.