PURPLE LEAF SWEET POTATO
Ipomoea batatas ‘Treasure Island Kaukura’
Ipomoea batatas ‘Treasure Island Kaukura’ is a very decorative, and also delicious edible.
It is a superior form of the old Sweet Potato.
‘Treasure Island Kaukura’ is a quick growing, climbing or trailing plant – wonderfully decorative for pots, hanging baskets, flower garden or veggie patch.
It boasts large, broad, deep purple-chocolate heart shaped leaves, prettily veined with blood-red.
These leaves arealso deliciously edible - used either fresh in a salad or cooked as a leafy vegetable.
Plus giving striking foliage contrasts in any garden/container design.
Then in autumn you can harvest the underground, Sweet Potato tubers for cooking.
‘Treasure Island Kaukura’ has tasty tubers with bright orange flesh and skin.
So they are perfect for making Sweet Potato chips, mashing, grating fresh into salads, or juicing.
White summer blossoms are a decorative bonus against the deep purple-chocolate leaves.
Ipomoea batatas ‘Treasure Island Kaukura’ is health super-food - rich in beta carotene, anti-oxidants, vitamins and fibre.
GROWING SWEET POTATOES
Sweet Potatoes thrive in a warm, sheltered place, and are highly suitable for containers spilling over the edge, or climbing up a tripod, or hanging from a basket.
They are very decorative on a balcony or in a courtyard.
Ipomoea batatas ‘Treasure Island Kaukura’ relishes warmth and sunshine.
As well as plenty of compost or well-rotted manure mixed through free draining soil or potting mix.
Slow release fertilizer is also appreciated.
Plus regular water, as they are quick growing plants.
‘Treasure Island Kaukura’ will thrive in the open garden in temperate, sub-tropical and tropical gardens.
But protect from frost in cold climates where they are best grown in containers.
Bulk Discount
If you buy 3-6 plants there will be a $0.50 discount per plant"
If you buy 7+ plants there will be a $1.00 discount per plant
Plants on Special are excluded
