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Category: Edible Fruits and Nuts Vegetables Vines and Climbers
Height: 8-10 ft. (2.4-3 m)
Spacing: 12-15 in. (30-38 cm)
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Sun to Partial Shade Light Shade
Other details: May be a noxious weed or invasive Flowers are fragrant Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)
Seed Collecting: Allow unblemished fruit to ripen; clean and dry seeds
On Jul 1, 2009, sharonf1 from Lake in the Hills, IL (Zone 5a) wrote:
Planted on the north side of the house close to the foundation (full shade). It dies back every year at frost and returns in the same spot. By the end of June it fills out a trellis nicely and provides a nice back drop for the rest of the garden. I grew this at my last house on the south side (partial sun due to wooded lot) and it behaved there as well. Living in an area where the growing time is so short is probably what makes this plant enjoyable for me instead of a nuisance.
On Jul 2, 2006, podster from Deep East Texas, TX (Zone 8a) wrote:
This plant produces plenty of tubers to share. If some escape, the plantlets are easy to pull up and repot. Insignificant blooms are supposed to smell like cinnamon. Great in a window box or planter.
This plant is terribly invasive. Each litle "potato" grows. It covers and smothers everything. It is impossible to get rid of. It is a nightmare when it gets loose! I have it places I cannot figure out how I got it there. If you plant it watch it and don't put the potatoes where you don't want them!(I have had it for 30+ years and it has been here much longer than that.)
On Oct 7, 2002, Michaelp from Orange Springs, FL (Zone 8b) wrote:
Plant produces small bulbs at the leaf axils in the fall and these are what are planted, they all grow. The first year the flowers did not form and growth was slow, after that, much faster growth and flowers.
I think this is a very attractive plant. The flowers have a strong cinnamon scent. The tubers will get huge, as they grow each year. The bulbs on the top part taste good, and are the size of peanuts, and the tuber is good to eat also, but it must be cooked.The root can be prepared for cooking by gently scraping the skin and bumps off with the edge of a sharp knife
The root and bulbs for planting should not freeze; plant after all danger of frost is past, and should be mulched. This plant can - and most likely will - be invasive.
2/8/04 I just dug up some of the root tubers,they are 2 years old and weigh approximately 1 lb,when I planted them last fall, as 1 year old tubers they averaged 3 oz. each.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Mesa, Arizona Little Rock, Arkansas Orange Springs, Florida Rockledge, Florida Dundee, Illinois Lake In The Hills, Illinois Washington, Indiana Bucyrus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Glouster, Ohio Hulbert, Oklahoma Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Johnson City, Tennessee Lafayette, Tennessee San Augustine, Texas Roanoke, Virginia Twin Lakes, Wisconsin
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