Violet Queen potato

Garden uses

Notes

'Violet Queen' potato (Solanum tuberosum 'Violet Queen') is a vegetable for the food garden. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun. It is grown for boiling, steaming, and baking, and the purple-veined flesh smells like red beets when cooked. Loose soil helps yields, and hilling up the plants will increase them.

Pairs well with Hungarian Wax Hot Pepper, Cucumber, and Kent Beauty oregano.