Popular in container gardens and as groundcovers, ornamental sweet potato vines brighten up plantings with their colorful leaves. They're actually related to the sweet potatoes you'd grow in your vegetable garden or find in a grocery store. Both of these plants produce thick, root-like tubers underground. 8 июн. 2022 г.
Do ornamental potato vines grow potatoes?
Yes, ornamental sweet potatoes are edible! Ornamental sweet potato tubers are, indeed, sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas). That said, ornamental sweet potato tubers are planted for their lovely chartreuse, purple, or variegated trailing foliage that serves as the perfect counterpoint to offset annual blooms.
Do sweet potato vines produce potatoes?
Yes, if your sweet potato vine is from an edible variety of sweet potato, it will produce edible potatoes if you plant it outdoors in May. By fall, you'll be able to dig up the edible tuber.
Do purple sweet potato vines produce sweet potatoes?
Like the edible varieties the ornamental sweet potato vine will produce tuberous roots. The purple tuberous roots are edible but gardeners who have tried them, say they're not tasty.
Are ornamental sweet potatoes edible?
The roots of ornamental sweet potatoes can be eaten. However, the ornamental varieties were selected for their attractive foliage, not their culinary qualities. The culinary qualities of the ornamental sweet potato roots may not measure up to their vegetable counterparts.
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