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Treasure Island™ Manihi Ipomoea Batatas Plants
A true superfood, these are rich in vitamins, beta-carotene and other antioxidants, not to mention fiber.
Item Number: 20728
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You’ll be thrilled with this double-duty beauty! Beautiful, trailing purple Ipomoea batatas leaves contribute glorious color to your containers and window boxes all summer, but with a bonus. At season’s end, you get to harvest robust, perfectly edible, deep orange sweet potatoes. A true superfood, these are rich in vitamins, beta-carotene and other antioxidants, not to mention fiber. Even the leaves are tasty, similar to spinach in flavor.
Key Attributes
Light Requirement
The amount of sunlight this product needs daily in order to perform well in the garden. Full sun means 6 hours of direct sun per day; partial sun means 2-4 hours of direct sun per day; shade means little or no direct sun.
Full sun
Lifecycle
This refers to whether a plant is an annual, biennial or perennial. Annuals complete their life cycles in one year; biennials produce foliage the first year and bloom and go to seed the second year; perennials can live for more than two years.
Annual
Mature Spread
The width of the plant at maturity.
5 ft
Days to Maturity
The average number of days from when the plant is actively growing in the garden to the expected time of harvest.
100
Fruit Weight
The average weight of the fruit produced by this product.
10 oz
Mature Height
The typical height of this product at maturity.
14 in
Fruit Size
The average size of the fruit produced by this product.
6 in
