There is a real upside to two new sweet potatoes making their debut in 2023. I mean that tongue and cheek as that is actually part of their name, but their application in the landscape looks to be amazing. So here is the skinny, so to speak: Sweet Caroline Upside Key Lime and Sweet Caroline Upside Black Coffee are two climbing sweet potatoes that will be hot commodities in 2023.
My first thought was, “Why do we need a climbing sweet potato when they run, cascade, tumble and drape with perfection?” Most of all I asked what we do with them? With that thought in mind, I gave my trial plants to my son James. Oh, ye (or me) with little imagination.
The new Sweet Caroline Upside sweet potatoes have scored really high in trials, as in 4.79 out of 5 at Penn State Flower Trials at the Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center. In Louisiana, they were recognized as Blue Chip Winning plants at the LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station.
