November 22, 2024

Choosing and planting the ornamental sweet potato

How to choose and plant ornamental sweet potatoes, not to be confused with the table sweet potato. The answer is in this video with Hubert the gardener.

Ornamental sweet potatoes are decorative for their tricolor or plain foliage . They cannot be consumed! They are often used in flower arrangements in towns and villages.
They don’t need a lot of water.
They will do well in large vats with rich soil. They easily fill empty spaces in flower beds. They go well with ornamental cabbages or maritime cineraria . Very beautiful on the edge, they are cultivated like an annual flower . They disappear with the first frosts. The rhizomes are then removed from the ground and stored like potatoes.