6 Purple 'Stripey' Pepino Melon Cuttings | Unrooted Solanum Muricatum | Rare Sweet Edible Fruit Plant

Product Overview

These 6 unrooted cuttings of the Purple 'Stripey' Pepino Melon (Solanum muricatum) offer a unique addition to your garden. Known as Pepino Dulce or Sweet Cucumber, this rare edible plant produces pale green fruit adorned with distinctive deep purple stripes. The fruit has a mild, sweet flavor reminiscent of melon, cucumber, and pear, making it a refreshing treat.

Key Features

• Six fresh unrooted cuttings of the Purple 'Stripey' Pepino Melon variety
• Distinctive purple-striped fruit with ornamental appeal
• Mild sweet flavor combining melon, cucumber, and pear notes
• Known botanically as Solanum muricatum, also called Pepino Dulce or Melon Pear
• Suitable for warm climates, ideal for greenhouses, patios, and containers
• Versatile edible fruit enjoyed fresh, in salads, or smoothies
• Easy to root and grow, perfect for home gardeners and plant collectors
• Cut to order and packed fresh to ensure best rooting success

Growing Information

The Purple 'Stripey' Pepino Melon thrives in warm, frost-free environments and grows well in pots, raised beds, or greenhouses. It is a fast-growing perennial that adds both beauty and edible value to your garden. These cuttings are freshly harvested and carefully packaged to promote healthy rooting and growth, making them suitable for gardeners looking to cultivate a rare and attractive fruiting plant.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.