Purple Sweet Potato Slips Ipomoea batatas Live Cuttings - 10 slips for planting
About This Plant
Purple Sweet Potato is a root vegetable vine, with purple-fleshed roots and purple to reddish skin. These are slips / live cuttings of Ipomoea batatas, prepared for transplanting. The plant is a warm-season crop that thrives in full sun and loose, well-draining soil.
What You Will Receive
Includes 10 purple sweet potato slips ready for planting.
- Common Name: Purple Sweet Potato
- Scientific Name: Ipomoea batatas
- Plant Type: Root Vegetable Vine
- Plant Stage: Slips / Live Cuttings
- Flesh Color: Purple
- Skin Color: Purple to reddish
- Life Cycle: Annual (grown seasonally)
- USDA Zone: 8–11 (best growth)
- Soil: Loose, well-draining soil
- Sunlight: Full sun
- Watering: Moderate; consistent moisture while establishing
- Growth Habit: Spreading vine
- Harvest Time: 90–120 days (varies by climate)
Note: This listing specifies live cuttings/slips suitable for garden beds or containers in appropriate climates.
Live Plant Notice
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