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PARASITIC PLANT! BUYER BEWARE!
TREAT THESE PLANTS LIKE BEDBUGS!
ALL SPECIES OF DIOSCOREA ARE WORSE THAN JAPANESE HONEYSUC...Read More
This plant is commonly sold here in El Paso. Two types: one with purple leaves and one with light green leaves. It will not survive th...Read More
This vine showed up in my yard 3 years ago. I loved the leaves and therefore planted more from the potatoes. The yard is out of control...Read More
It appears that either a lot of people on here did not do their homework or they inherited the product of another gardeners ignorance. Ev...Read More
As a consulting biologist, I have covered many miles of oil and gas pipelines in the southern U.S., identifying and mapping the locations...Read More
A neighbor to a small largely specialty plant nursery planted 1 air potato... it covered his own (muli-acre) property and is constantly t...Read More
There is much confusion about the toxicity of this species. There are cultivated forms that have had the toxins bred out of them, but man...Read More
Air potato started growing in the area between my house and the neighbor's place about five years ago (don't know how it got there), and ...Read More
It grows heavily around here, but I do not find it impossible to get rid of as many Floridians say. The plants are very easy to pull up ...Read More
I have been looking for a Dioscorea ALATA (not bulbifera) for months. They taste exactly like a potato . Bulbifera is POISONOUS and the u...Read More
YIKES! That vine that ate the Kudzu! These things are crazy! I have watched over the years a field that is the size of a few acres becomi...Read More
This plant is evil objectified.
The home we are currently renting is located next to a house which was owned by an elderly...Read More
I'll add a positive review of this plant. I pulled up a sprig growing in Rockport, TX three years ago and planted it to twine up an old o...Read More
I live in Zephyrhills, FL. and i brought home a couple of "Kudzu" potato's a few years ago. All this has done is propagate over and over ...Read More
Listen, Dave's Garden, it is totally irresponsible of you not to have clear postings of information on plants that are non-native (exotic...Read More
This stuff is just as bad as kudzu. It grows 6 to 10 inches a day in the springtime until it reaches 60 ft. It produces tubers in Sept. w...Read More
Since this is invasive plant week, I am glad to see all this info. I sure would not plant this at my house. Luciee
I live in North Central Texas and the Air Potato grows very well here. They are NOT invasive or problematic here. In fact, I grow them ...Read More
Air potato is a nightmare and anyone who cares at all about the natural environment or getting along with neighbors will never plant this...Read More
I always wanted to try this plant and had to buy a few bulbs from an ebay seller to get a start. I planted about 20 bulbs in late April 2...Read More
I have had this plant on my farm for 3 years. It is wild, I did not plant it. This year it bloomed and fruited. All the info that I fi...Read More
NASTY PLANT!
This vine was growing in a park across the street from my house and killed pretty much every tree in there by...Read More
YES, this is a very pretty vine in the beginning. Just wait a few years and you will have the largest battle on your hands that you've ev...Read More
Found a vine on the railroad property north of slidell, la. across the street from my house. Asked the wife about it and she recognized...Read More
Horribly invasive
I grow this in my porch in a big pot every summer, and it is my most beautiful climber, no bugs or other disease seems to like the plant....Read More
All those negatives by the southeasteners should encourage Californians to TRY IT!..a very attractive vine with large pleated,dark green ...Read More
I cannot say enough about this most INVASIVE of plants in my attempt to discourage anyone from growing it.
I acquired a lo...Read More
I wouldn't plant that vine if I were you. I got it in my yard because of rescuing some heirloom plants from a construction site. Unfor...Read More
Highly invasive in Florida. Despite what some may want to think, it does take over natural environments, and is very much subtropical Fl...Read More
I adore my air potato vines! I keep a really close eye on all plants in my yard (in other words, I don't have a life...LOL). I check ou...Read More
I can't give this vine a negative because I do not have the same experience everyone else does. It climbs on my chain link fence in a few...Read More
I live in Miami, Florida and have thousands of these plants growing on an acre that I have just purchased.
I am a SLAVE ...Read More
The untended yard that came along with the old (ca 1920s) house I purchased in Decatur, Georgia has been a challenge to tame (I haven't w...Read More
This is very evasive weed of which the state of Florida is attemping to eradicate. It is on their "noxious weed" list..The
plant ...Read More
I have grown this plant for years and have never found it to be invasive. It has never come back from either roots or potatoes for me ! I...Read More
Air Potato Dioscorea bulbifera is naturalized in Texas and other States and is considered an invasive plant in Texas.
My experience with Dioscorea bulbifera has been very positive.
This beautiful green, rapidly growing vine gives a lush rop...Read More
I was given some bulbs of Dioscorea bulbifera by a friend about 3 years ago. I was told by him it's call "Ah shou wu" in Chinese. Direct...Read More
Zone 8b they freeze to the ground, but return..Mine are in shade and arn't very aggressive, just producing a few potato bulbs..A novelty...Read More
I have just spent a full day pulling/digging potatoes out of our St. Augustine lawn. Our neighbor's empty lot has been completely overrun...Read More
This noxious invasive is probably the most frightening of the many invasives in my yard (in Tallahassee). If a neighbor planted it intent...Read More
This "weed" is the most horrible thing I've dealt with and it reminds me of Kudzu (from the I-95 corridor). It has taken over the small w...Read More
I'm really glad to have seen all the comments on this plant. I got starts of this plant from a friend who has planted it everywhere on he...Read More
I agree without maintenance this will become invasive. I am careful in placement and trimming of the "Aerial Potato" Dont plant under tre...Read More
We grow it as a houseplant in Pennsylvania. Ours stays under control as a hanging pot plant in the greenhouse and outside in the summer,...Read More
This is a very beautiful vine with beautiful emerald greed color and large heart shaped leaves. It has little tassels of white blooms wi...Read More
I think these are very pretty vines-I found one of these air potatos and put it in the ground and it grew into a very nice vine on my fe...Read More
Much like the North Carolina comment, I grow it on a Trellis in northern Virginia, close to Washington, and experience on positive reacti...Read More
I wouldn't recommend growing Dioscorea bulbifera aka Air Potato Vine (and D. alata, aka Winged Yam) anywhere except maybe a...Read More
Maybe this vine would be nice if grown as a houseplant instead of in the yard.
This horrible plant was introduced to our area by a mainland transplant. She brought them over from where she lived previously and start...Read More
Just looking at the pictures of this plant make me nauseous. This cursed thing grows so fast you don't even need a time-lapse camera to ...Read More
I made the mistake of thinking the heart shaped leaves were cute and I let it grow after one volunteered in my yard. It almost killed my...Read More
This plant is extremely invasive in Florida to the point that there have been group "clean-ups" of this plant from river bottom areas her...Read More
The plant with the smooth, baseball-sized tubers is the least useable (edible) of the Dioscorea species that grow wild in the southeast U...Read More
AAAAAHHGRG!! Once you have them you can't get rid of them! I spray round up and it kills the vine but even a small brown potato as minisc...Read More
Be aware this invasive exotic plant is listed as a Category I pest by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. It is almost impossible to ...Read More
I am having a different experience with this vine. I'm in eastern North Carolina (U.S.), and I have this vine planted in a border on the...Read More
I do not grow this plant, but I have seen it in the local area. It is extremely invasive, and damages the natural ecosystem. Rainb...Read More
Dioscorea bulbifera is another non-native, invasive vine in Florida (U.S.) While some members of this family have edible tubers th...Read More