Apios priceana India dusty golden clump is topped

dusty golden clump is topped in very late summer with 30" scapes of light lavender flowers

native to coastal marshes with a couple of traits that set it apart from more commonly grown red hot pokers

and with Hosta 'Peter Pan' as a parent

always a favorite of hummingbirds

both in the garden and in a vase

Apios priceana India dusty golden clump is toppedWe wonder how many of our native plant friends have grown the amazing potato bean. Apios priceana is a Federally Threatened native vine with a distribution in only two dozen counties, centered around central Tennessee. Apios priceana, the much rarer cousin of our native Apios americana, forms a 10' tall, well behaved climbing bean, topped from June through August (NC) with attractive clusters of fragrant, light lavender flowers. The flowers,