Eggplants usually bloom every summer, especially from June to August. Different varieties of eggplant have different flowering time. It takes about 35-45 days for early-maturing varieties to blossom, 50 days for middle-maturing varieties and 55-65 days for late-maturing varieties.

What color are the eggplant flowers?

Eggplant flowers are generally purple, it will bear fruit after the flowers wither, and after growing for a period of time, the fruit is also purple.

How many colors are there in eggplant?

There are two colors of eggplant flowers, the common one is purple and the other is white. Its flowers are bisexual and pollinated by white flowers. The nutritional status of plants directly affects the pollination quality of flowers.

The shape of eggplant flower

The eggplant flowers are large, dark in color and long in style. When flowering, the stigma of pistil is prominent, usually higher than that of stamen anther, and the top edge of stigma is large and star-shaped.

Eggplant is bisexual, mostly solitary, but there are also 2~4 flowers in clusters, including calyx, corolla, stamen and pistil. The pistil is surrounded by 5-8 stamens, and the base is surrounded into a tube.

The significance of eggplant flowering

Eggplant flowering generally means comfort, and eggplant means happiness and longevity.

Appreciation of eggplant flowering pictures