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Ornamental sweet potato Sugarbeauty® 'Little Lady Hostaleaf®' young plants

Ipomoea batatas Sugarbeauty® 'Little Lady Hostaleaf®' - compact & delicious

(€55,80 per plate) €0,93 per plant
( per plate) €0,00 per plant
(€55,80 per plate) €0,93 per plant
excl. VAT plus shipping
Plate equals 60 plants
Plant size: root ball ⌀ = 4 cm; height 5.5 cm
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Plates Price* per plant*
1-3 plates €55,80 EUR €0,93 EUR
4-43 plates €53,01 EUR €0,88 EUR
From 44 plates €50,22 EUR €0,84 EUR
(* excl. tax plus shipping)

Advantages Little Lady Hosta Leaf®

  • very compact
  • healthy foliage - hosta-shaped
  • white-fleshed tubers
  • ideal for pots & containers

Fact sheet

Growth: Very compact growth with a shoot length of just 40 cm, healthy dark green foliage that looks similar to a hosta

Ripeness/Harvest: Requires around 110 - 120 days from planting to harvest, but should not be planted too early, planting: end of May = harvest of the tubers at the end of September

Fruits: The tubers have a striking pink-orange skin colour and a light white flesh, despite the compactness you can expect a yield of more than 1 kg per plant

Taste: Pleasantly sweet with a delicately melting texture, the tubers retain their white flesh colour even when cooked/heated

Variety description

The ornamental sweet potato Sugarbeauty® 'Little Lady Hostaleaf®' is one of the most compact ornamental sweet potatoes in the range. With a shoot length of not much more than 40 cm and an average yield of more than one kilogram per plant, Sugarbeauty® 'Little Lady Hostaleaf®' is already an amazing variety and you may ask yourself where this yield can come from such a compact plant. The compact shoots of Sugarbeauty® 'Little Lady Hostaleaf®' have dark green and healthy leaves, which are very similar in appearance to a hosta plant or even reminiscent of a morning glory. Sugarbeauty® 'Little Lady Hostaleaf®' has a development time from planting to harvest of around 110-120 days. Planting in the second half of May will result in a harvest in the second half of September. Depending on the weather conditions in autumn and the condition of the plants, the harvest can also be postponed.

The tubers of Sugarbeauty® 'Little Lady Hostaleaf®' have a striking pink-orange skin colour in combination with an intense and bright pure white flesh. And the tubers retain this beautiful white colour even when cooked/heated. When cooked, the tubers have a pleasantly melting texture and taste wonderfully sweet.

Technical data

SKU 05582
Brand Sugarbeauty®
Type Little Lady Hosta Leaf®
Lubera type
License type
Advantages very compact, healthy foliage - hosta-shaped, white-fleshed tubers, ideal for pots & buckets
Growth Very compact growth with a shoot length of just 40 cm, healthy dark green foliage that looks similar to a hosta
Annual growth Annual
Height 40 cm
Blossoming time Aug
Blossom color pink-purple
Leaf color reddish-green
Leaves Summer green
Striking autumn color no
Ripeness/Harvest Requires around 110 - 120 days from planting to harvest, but should not be planted too early, planting: end of May = harvest of the tubers at the end of September
Harvest time September-October
Fruits The tubers have a striking pink-orange skin colour and a light white flesh, despite the compactness you can expect a yield of more than 1 kg per plant
Fruit color Pink-orange outside, light white inside
Taste Pleasantly sweet with a delicately melting texture, the tubers retain their white flesh colour even when cooked/heated
Sturdiness ***
Winter hardiness insufficient
Weight 0.0 kg