Ornamental Sweet Potatoes Named Newest Texas Superstar

Ornamental sweet potatoes are a longtime favorite option for ground cover in landscapes or as fillers and spillers in planters and containers. Their wide variety of foliage shape and color, prolific growth habit and drought resistance are a few reasons they were recently named Texas Superstar plants. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Mike Arnold)

Ornamental Sweet Potatoes Named Newest Texas Superstar

Ornamental sweet potato plant varieties come in a wide range of colors and foliage shapes. Mixing varieties like this can provide an added element to their use in landscapes or planters. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Mike Arnold)

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Ornamental sweet potatoes, a popular cover option in landscape bedding and container mixes for years, have been named the latest Texas Superstar. They are warm-season annual selections of the same plant species that produces tubers loved by foodies, but these are primarily chosen for their tropical-looking foliage as a heat- and ...

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