I showed the flower to a friend today, and she said it looks like a morning glory. Sure enough, sweet potatoes are in the same family as morning glories. I did a google image search for "sweet potato flower" and the first search result was a posting by a fellow garden blogger at MrBrownThumb.com. Last year, he went through the same thing when he saw a vine bloom in Chicago.
wow, i wasnt aware either that they're capable of producing flowers.
ReplyDeleteArlene,
East Bremerton florist
This morning I woke up to 2 beautiful blossoms on my black (dark ) leaf sweet potato plant.
ReplyDeleteFabulous ! I'll bet they show up when fairly crowded
I have had the most beautiful sweet potatoe plants this year. I didn't know that it could be done. What I would like to ask is will they keep growning inside? We are to have frost tonight and I have moved them inside. Also I broke off a fewof the leaves is it possible to start them in water?
ReplyDeletewhat type is the sweet potato that flowers? in a neighbors garden the potato was real deep red.i've only seen this 2xs. was looking for myself for next yr to plant.
ReplyDeleteIt might be called "Ace of Spades".
ReplyDeleteOr it might be called Sweet Caroline Red or Bewitched Purple.
ReplyDeleteI wish you can see my sweet potato vine. It is all over the house. I keep it down cutting almost every 4 days but it seems that by doing so it grows even faster. I planted last year and after the front it was dead. To my surprise, it came all by itself this year and it looks beautiful. Neighbors are "green" of envy.
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