- Once planted in spring after the danger of frost passes, the potato grows over the summer. On branch tips in full sun, small star-shaped white or pale lavender flowers occur in midsummer. Bees may pollinate these blossoms, which often lack stamens, according to the Learn2Grow website.
- Occasionally in midsummer a flower is successfully pollinated by insects. What results is a tiny green fruit, about the size of a nickel, that looks like an immature tomato. It is filled with seeds.
- In subtropical or tropical regions, potatoes grow best in the more pleasantly warm temperatures in fall and winter, not in summertime. Here gardeners see their potatoes bloom in midwinter to late winter and the underground tubers are dug up in spring.
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