Sweet Potato

Love in a mist

About Sweet Potato and Love in a mist

Sweet Potato

Love in a mist

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual and Perennial

Annual

1.2 Type

Bulb or Corm or Tuber

Flowering Plants

1.3 Origin

Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America, Micronesia

Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia

1.4 Types

Hannah Yams, Japanese Sweet Potatoes

not available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

400NA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Cold Regions, Tropical regions

Fields, Roadsides, wastelands

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

11-12Not Available

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-1

Not Available

1.8 Sunset Zone

21,22

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Vining/Climbing

Upright/Erect

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

60.00 cm30.50 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

NA15.20 cm

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Not Available

Blue, Blue Violet

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Not Available

Sandy Brown

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Purple, Light Green, Chartreuse, Bronze

Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Light Green

Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Several shades of Green

Not Available

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Heart-shaped

Grass like

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Spring, Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Very Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Loam

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

Neutral

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

Not Available

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Late Fall, Early Winter, Winter

Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Stem Cutting, Tuber propagation

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs, Needs a lot of water initially

Allow soil to be completely dry in between waterings, Water when soil is dry

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

Neutral

4.5.2 Soil Type

Clay, Loam, Sand

Loam

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

Not Available

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Aphids, Beetles, Leafminers, Red blotch

Aphids

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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5.2.2 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

5.4 Showy Foliage

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5.5 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

5.6 Foliage Texture

Coarse

Fine

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5.9 Invasive

Sometimes

5.10 Self-Sowing

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5.11 Attracts

Aphids, Beetles, Mites, white worms

Not Available

5.12 Allergy

Abdominal pain, Skin rash, Swelling, Vomiting

Not Available

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Potassium, ß-carotene, Vitamin C

Not Available

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Leaves, Root, Shoots

Flowers, Leaves

6.2.3 Other Uses

Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties

Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Container, Edible, Groundcover, Hanging Basket, Herb / Vegetable, Mixed Border, Vine

Cottage garden

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

IPOMOEA batatas

NIGELLA damascena

7.2 Common Name

Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine

Love-in-a-mist

7.2.1 In Hindi

शकरकंद

love-in-a-mist

7.2.2 In German

Süßkartoffel

love-in-a-mist

7.2.3 In French

Patate douce

love-in-a-mist

7.2.4 In Spanish

Batata

love-in-a-mist

7.2.5 In Greek

Γλυκοπατάτα

love-in-a-mist

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Batata doce

nigela-dos-trigos

7.2.7 In Polish

Słodki ziemniak

kocham-w-mgle

7.2.8 In Latin

Dulcis SOLANUM TUBEROSUM

Amor-in-nebula

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Tracheophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Solanales

Ranunculales

8.5 Family

Convolvulaceae

Ranunculaceae

8.6 Genus

Ipomoea

Nigella

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Angiosperms, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

400NA

1 27800

Properties of Sweet Potato and Love in a mist

Wondering what are the properties of Sweet Potato and Love in a mist? We provide you with everything About Sweet Potato and Love in a mist. Sweet Potato doesn't have thorns and Love in a mist doesn't have thorns. Also Sweet Potato does not have fragrant flowers. Sweet Potato has allergic reactions like Abdominal pain, Skin rash, Swelling and Vomiting and Love in a mist has allergic reactions like Abdominal pain, Skin rash, Swelling and Vomiting. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Sweet Potato and Love in a mist and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Sweet Potato and Love in a mist

Season and care of Sweet Potato and Love in a mist is important to know. While considering everything about Sweet Potato and Love in a mist Care, growing season is an essential factor. Sweet Potato season is Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter and Love in a mist season is Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. The type of soil for Sweet Potato is Clay, Loam, Sand and for Love in a mist is Loam while the PH of soil for Sweet Potato is Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline and for Love in a mist is Neutral.

Sweet Potato and Love in a mist Physical Information

Sweet Potato and Love in a mist physical information is very important for comparison. Sweet Potato height is 60.00 cm and width Not Available whereas Love in a mist height is 30.50 cm and width 15.20 cm. The color specification of Sweet Potato and Love in a mist are as follows:

Sweet Potato flower color: Not Available
Sweet Potato leaf color: Green, Purple, Light Green, Chartreuse and Bronze
Love in a mist flower color: Blue and Blue Violet
Love in a mist leaf color: Green

Care of Sweet Potato and Love in a mist

Care of Sweet Potato and Love in a mist include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Sweet Potato pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Love in a mist pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Sweet Potato needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Love in a mist needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.