Groundnut - One Green World https://onegreenworld.com/product-category/veggies-ornamentals-more/groundnut/ Unique Plants, Shrubs and Trees Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:27:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://onegreenworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cropped-ogwFavicon-1-1-32x32.png Groundnut - One Green World https://onegreenworld.com/product-category/veggies-ornamentals-more/groundnut/ 32 32 Groundnut Perennial Vine https://onegreenworld.com/product/groundnut-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=groundnut-2 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:06:20 +0000 https://onegreenworld.com/product/groundnut-2/ This valuable, native American, hardy perennial vine is prized for it nutty flavored, potato-like tubers. Once widely grown in North America, it is now a commercial crop in Japan. This vigorous vine can grow up to 15 feet in one season and produces attractive, reddish-brown flowers. Like potatoes, the tasty, walnut size tubers should be cooked before eating and are used similarly in many dishes.

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]]> This valuable, Native American, hardy perennial vine is prized for it nutty flavored, potato-like tubers. Groundnut once widely grown in North America, it is now a commercial crop in Japan. This vigorous vine can grow up to 15 feet in one season and produces attractive, reddish-brown flowers. Like potatoes, the tasty, walnut size tubers should be cooked before eating and are used similarly in many dishes.

Latin Name: Apios americana
Site and Soil: Groundnut likes sun and well drained, moist soil.
Hardiness: Groundnut can be grown where temperatures drop to minus 20°F or below, or grow it as an annual and replant tubers in the spring.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting
Size at Maturity: Up to 15 ft. in height or spread
Flower Color: Reddish-brown
Bloom Time: Summer
Ripening Time: Fall
Yield: 2-3 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Groundnut is not bothered by pests or diseases. Protect from gophers and mice.
USDA Zone: 5

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