Ipomoea batatas 'Evangeline'PBR
sweet potato 'Evangeline'
A tender herbaceous perennial which is treated as an annual in the UK climate. It scrambles or climbs with support, to reach 3.5m. Its attractive green leaves are edible and at the end of the growing season, the underground tuber can also be eaten. This variety has a dull orange skin and extremely sweet, pale orange flesh.
Size
Ultimate height
2.5–4 metresTime to ultimate height
1 yearUltimate spread
0.1–0.5 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Moist but well–drainedpH
Acid, Alkaline, NeutralColour & scent
| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
| Spring | Green | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Green | |||
| Autumn | Orange | Green | ||
| Winter |
Position
- Full sun
Aspect
East–facing or North–facing or South–facing or West–facing
Exposure
Sheltered Hardiness
H2Botanical details
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Climbing, Trailing
- Genus
Ipomoea can be annuals or perennials, often twining, or evergreen shrubs, with simple, lobed or dissected leaves and tubular or funnel-shaped flowers which may be solitary or borne in racemes or panicles
- Name status
Accepted
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in deep fertile soil in a frost free spot with full light. Can be grown outdoors once all danger of frost is past, but needs a long growing period to produce a root crop. Can be grown in a large container. Train up a cane to save space, along the ground as ground cover, or allow to trail downards from a container. Eating the leaves as a vegetable will limit its size, but at the expense of the root harvest. For more advice see sweet potato cultivation
Propagation
Propagate by dividing a tuber into 'slips', which are slices of tuber that include a bud. For more advice see sweet potato cultivation
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- City and courtyard gardens
- Cottage and informal garden
- Patio and container plants
- Sub-tropical
- Climber and wall shrubs
Pruning
No pruning required
Pests
May be susceptible to glasshoouse red spider mite and glasshouse whitefly
Diseases
Generally disease-free
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