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June 18, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: bald hill area thurston county washington
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Giant potato flower
This is the largest I have grown so far, it is huge
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June 19, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: north central B.C.
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Looks just like it's relative, the petunia!
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June 19, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cincinnati
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That is a very nice looking flower for a potato plant.
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June 19, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cincinnati
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June 19, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: bald hill area thurston county washington
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I some with deeper darker color, but this one is almost twice the size as most.
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June 19, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Minnesota
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Potatoes aren't particularly close in relation to morning glory. They're much more related to tomatoes. Sweet potatoes, however, are in the same genus as the morning glory.
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June 20, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Iowa
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I don't have any flowers that big, but I have one that's a similar shade and one that's lighter in color. Both have at least one berry on them, so I'm pretty pleased, but they don't leave the kind of impression your giant flower does. What a great decorative bonus feature!
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June 20, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: north central B.C.
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Something I meant to relate last year - a few small volunteer plants popped up from my bed of TPS seedlings. While cleaning up the beds, I noticed that one of the flowering TPS volunteers which just happened to end up on the top of the wheelbarrow had a very piercing sweet scent, what a nice bonus!
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June 20, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: bald hill area thurston county washington
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My potato patch is quite sweet smelling at the moment.
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June 27, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: MA
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I should try to notice the smell of the plants.Last year one of Tom's Squat Orange TPS plants looked just like a tomato plant but I knew it was potato. Was quite beautiful too..
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June 28, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cincinnati
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After reading posts a week ago, I checked the flowers on my Kennebec potato plants and they do have a scent to them. I never would have guessed that flowers on potato plants had a scent.
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June 28, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Brooksville, FL
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Potato flowers having a scent, wow, what a bonus. I love items that have or provide more than one use.
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June 29, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: bald hill area thurston county washington
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The scent varies from VERY nice to not so pleasant depending on variety.Some have little or no scent.
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June 30, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Medbury, New Zealand
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Good sized flower alright,what's the variety??
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July 1, 2012
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: bald hill area thurston county washington
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It is pokipsie. A deep eyed fingerling type, with burgundy colored skin with brown striping/mottling. A real neat variety.
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