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Tropaeolum tuberosum
Tropaeolum tuberosum
Price: $10.00 In Stock

Tubers
Mashua - Hardy Tuberous Nasturtium. One of the great cultivated food crops of the Andean slopes in South America. This is the Andean equivalent of what the potato is to the Irish. Forms large tubers which are used as you would spuds. Pretty and tasty tubular orange flowers in late Fall on vining herbaceous stems to 8'-10' tall. We frost early here at the nursery so we don't often see the flowers but everyone in Seattle blooms the heck out of them. Perfect crossover perennial being both edible and ornamental.
Tropaeolum tuberosum var. lineamaculatum
Tropaeolum tuberosum var. lineamaculatum
Price: $10.00 (Out of Stock)

Tubers
Vigorous vine with tubular orange flowers flaring yellow in late fall. If you frost early then plant against a wall or just grow it to eat but it blooms well in Seattle. Tasty flowers and edible tubers which are eaten like potatoes by folks in the Andes and increasingly here. This differs from the other tuberosum we offer by having flowers with more of a flared shape and the tuber color is different. Mulch inwinter if very cold. We came by this variety by purchasing it as 'Ken Aslet'. "Ken Aslet' flowers in midsummer while the rest of the tuberosum types bloom in late fall. If you buy a 'Ken Aslet' around here anyway, this is what you'll get most likely. Fortunately we have the true one finally thanks to rare plant geek Bob Barca so that will be available in the future.