“I recently pulled out a decorative sweet potato vine as I was cleaning out my planters for the season and found HUGE tubers under the soil. I understand that they are not the tastiest kinds of sweet ...
Years ago, Grandma grew potatoes in the veggie garden. Potatoes are fun to grow because all the action happens below the surface. The leaves rising above the tubers reveal nothing of what quietly ...
One of my readers asked me recently when a person should dig up her sweet potato vines and harvest her sweet tubers. Despite its name sweet potato is not a true potato. Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) ...
Legend has it that the sweet potato vine sweet-talked its way out of the vegetable garden and into the window boxes of fine Brooklyn brownstones and cozy California cottages. The dark purple blackie ...
Ornamental sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), grown primarily for its purple, chartreuse, or variegated foliage, is a true sweet potato. As such, the tubers it forms are edible. Popular varieties like ...
Sweet potato vine is a colorful and expansive plant that is known for its unique leaves. This video shows how to care for the vine as well as how to propagate it using a stem cutting rooted in water ...
Ipomoea batatas, or “Sweet Potato Vine,” as it’s commonly called, is classified as a tuberous perennial but is treated as an annual in our area. Although a bit smaller, this tuberous root is identical ...
Q: What’s happening to this sweet potato vine? One of our sweet potato tubers developed a bud and I planted it. Any ideas to help the plant? A: Congratulations on starting a sweet potato vine! Over ...
What: Solanum crispum “glasnevin,” commonly known as Chilean potato vine or just potato vine. Its long bloom period, from March until late November, makes it an outstanding choice for the garden.
A plant enthusiast has revealed how to grow a stunning climbing vine plant in your house using a sweet potato. Brad Canning from Melbourne shared his simple guide to growing a sweet potato plant with ...
What: Solanum crispum “Glasnevin,” or Chilean potato vine, is hardy and blooms abundantly. The plethora of small star-shaped flowers, which are an intense lilac color with yellow centers, begin in ...