Sweet Potato - Kaukura
Height: 12 inches
Spread: 24-36 inches
Hardiness Zones: 4-9
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Ipomoea Treasure Island Sweet Potatoes are a breakthrough in breeding as they are the first edible and ornamental sweet potatoes on the market. Not only are the leaves colorful, they are edible as well! In the fall you can dig up and enjoy the colorful sweet potatoes.
The Kaukura sweet potato is rich in beta carotene, and it’s delicious. Its edible, heart-shaped, deep-purple leaves, light-orange skin and vibrant orange flesh are bursting with flavor, making it ideal in a smoothie or as a juice, for cooking, or grated like carrot in a salad. However prepared, the Kaukura sweet potato delights taste buds.