One of the best things about being involved in plant trials is being proven wrong. People who are evaluating plants at the university level, garden writers and even industry pros are all guilty of judging a plant the day we take it out of the box or off the truck. A lot of those judgments are on aesthetics or beauty.

I'll skip writing a column on my failures via early judging and tell you about an ornamental sweet potato that is hitting it out of the park. This jewel is known as Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Shadowstorm.

If there was ever a more mysterious name for a sweet potato, I don't know what it would be. Sweet Caroline has become the name synonymous with award-winning ornamental sweet potatoes. Sweetheart gives you a clue to the heart shape of the leaf. I'm sure you are wondering what

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