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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Vine, Annual, Edible, Ground Cover, Trailing and climbing, nearly glabrous from tuberous root
Lifespan
Perennial, Annual
Flower
Pinkish morning glory like flowers; sparingly produced, Flowers campanulate-funnel-shaped with whitish or pink-tinged limb and red-purple centre 11/2-2 in. long.
Fruit
Capsule ovoid.
Benefits
Attracts
Pollinators
Specialized Bees
Taxonomy
Order
Solanales
Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Ipomoea
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