Ipomoea batatas (Sweet potato)
I. batatas is a vining annual grown for its edible, elongated tubers with sweet orange flesh.
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1m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ipomoea batatas 'Murasaki' (Sweet potato 'Murasaki')
Other names: Japanese sweet potato 'Murasaki'
'Murasaki' is a tender, trailing, tuberous perennial, often grown as an annual vegetable crop, with heart-shaped, green leaves, trumpet-shaped, pale purple-pink flowers and oblong, tapered, edible tubers with reddish-purple skin and creamy-white flesh ready for harvest approximately four to five months after planting.
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2m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ipomoea batatas 'Margarita' (Ornamental sweet potato 'Margarita')
Other names: Sweet potato vine 'Margarita'
'Margarita' is a fast-growing tender perennial usually grown as an annual. It is grown for its acid-green, heart shaped foliage and trailing or climbing habit.
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1m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie' (Ornamental sweet potato 'Blackie')
Other names: Sweet potato vine 'Blackie', Ornamental sweet potato 'Blacky'
'Blackie' is a fast-growing, tender, trailing, tuberous perennial, often grown as an annual, with heart-shaped, deeply lobed, maroon to dark purple leaves. Funnel-shaped, pale lilac flowers with dark purple centres are rarely produced.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ipomoea 'Variegata' (Ornamenal sweet potato 'Variegata')
'Variegata' is a fast-growing tender perennial usually grown as an annual. It is grown for its heart shaped foliage with pink and white margins and trailing or climbing habit.
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1m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Other names: Sweet potato vine 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple'
'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' is a vigorous, tender, trailing, tuberous evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with heart-shaped, deeply lobed, purple-black leaves. Funnel-shaped, pale lilac flowers are rarely produced.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
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