Dioscorea batatas ‘Variegata’ (Variegated Cinnamon Vine)

Vigorous vine with glossy heart-shaped green leaves speckled and etched with white. Produces small edible baby tubers above ground on the leaf axils. The real edible treasure lies slumbering beneath. Fabulous edible ornamental. After about 2 years, in the fall, you can dig up the GINORMOUS tuber and it can be eaten boiled, fried , mashed or baked like a potato. Cinnamon vine is also called a climbing yam and the tubers can be over 10 lbs! Self-pollinating. Deciduous. Full sun- part shade. Provide support. Perennial zones 5-10