Sorry this plant is not available at the moment. Please try again later or select an alternative plant. Description: A perfect opportunity to combine the culinary and ornamental, which may well be what drew me to this genus, of mostly climbing plants. Appealing to my farming background. This tuber-forming species in an obvious candidate from early on in my growing career, which we find on our travels in Colombia, where it is seen in many forms in the vegetable markets. This being a white fleshed purple eyed form, which forms sprawling or climbing stems 2-3m tall if supported, bearing orange-yellow slender nasturtium styled flowers, July to frost for us, similar to the named forms in cultivation. Best left in the ground for as long as the tubers can be protected from frost and over wetting, as they bulk up over the shorter days.
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