Re: [gardeners] Ornamental Sweet Potato

Linda Baranowski-Smith (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:34:23 -0400

>At 12:18 PM 10/26/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Linda Are those Ornamental sweet potatoes also called Cinnamon Vine
>>(Dioscorea batatas) ?
>>Bill Loke; Kars, Ontario. USDA Z 4B/5A
>>
>I'm not Linda, but no they're a different animal.. Cinnamon vine produces
>yams, true yams. Subterraneanly. Margaret L

Thanks Margaret.  I'm not familiar with Cinnamon Vine.  The Blackie Sweet
Potato Vine I'm referring to is an Ipomoea.

Linda in NW Ohio near Toledo/Lake Erie, USDA Zone 5
llbs@glasscity.net