I only grow these for their colour and leaf form, and not for their tubers, which are said to be edible. I know that the squirrels dig them up in the fall and eat them. I think I will stick to the grocery store varieties. The seed pods are supposed to be highly toxic. But that's okay. I snap the spent flowers off so that the plant will produce more flowers. I love this little plant, even more so now that I know it produces flowers!
Family: Convolvulaceae. Genus: Ipomoea. Species: I. batatas 'Blackie'.
Common name: Sweet Potato Vine Blackie.
Edit: Wanda from Exuberant Color posted about her Blackie today too. You can see it here.
And here are a few spooltjes (klosjes) I sewed together last night. I still have a lot of these to go.
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I also have the same sweet potato vine in my garden and did a post awhile back on the blooms. They certainly are very pretty.
Your spooltjes look very pretty and will make a lovely quilt.
Dat zijn echt 'klosjes'. Nice.
I love 'Blackie'.
Weather for quilting?
Now is time to enjoy your beautiful new garden
Rinie.
what can I say, great minds think alike, LOL. I think the color of the flowers on the blackie is so pretty.
Great fabrics on your spools!
What a pretty vine, thanks for the interesting info.
Well now I know that this is a sweet potato vine. I love the colours of it. I've seen them all around town and never knew what they were called. There is also a lime green version.
gorgeous flower!
I think that’s wonderful, growing a sweet potatoe bush for the colours of the leaves! Those flowers are an extra!
Your spoeltjes blokken look so sweet!
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