The eggplant is a delicate, tropical perennial growing to 40 to 150 cm tall, with large, coarsely lobed leaves often with a spiny stem and white to purple flowers with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens.
Like tomatoes and peppers, eggplants develop fruit that hangs from the branches of a plant that grows several feet in height.
When I started growing eggplants, I had little knowledge of the various varieties of eggplants available or their characteristics and qualities. I now know a lot more, and continue to learn each day.