Ipomoea batatas ‘FloraMia Nero' ~ FloraMia Nero Sweet Potato mounding 2020-05-14 08 47 17 Hershey's

2020-05-14 08 47 17 Hershey's Red Azalea blooming along Tranquility Court in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill

IMAGES: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro

(2) photo by pris

The purple buds open to intense purplish-red double flowers that quickly transition to a unique blue-purple and bloom from fall into winter which attracts butterflies

with the male flowers remaining closed and resembling holly berries

Ipomoea batatas ‘FloraMia Nero' ~ FloraMia Nero Sweet Potato mounding 2020-05-14 08 47 17 Hershey'sFloraMia Nero Sweet Potato is a compact cultivar of the herbaceous perennial grown as a groundcover with deeply divided near black foliage. Large pale purple with a darker throat bloom through summer into fall. Best color with full sun and consistently moist well drained soils. Type: Annual Origins: Central and South America Height: 0. 5' 0. 75' Spread: 1' 2' Spacing: 1. 5 USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 11 Culture: Full Sun, Part Sun Bloom Color: Purple