Yams and sweet potatoes are two very different plants. Yams are more closely related to lilies, while sweet potatoes are more ...

These tubers share a few similarities, but they aren't even the same species of plant: yams are from the lily family, and ...

Sweet potatoes are an easy-to-grow root vegetable that stores well. Find out when and how to harvest crops and add variety to ...

I am often asked this question. Gardeners who grow their own sweet potatoes sometimes still wonder whether the root vegetables they have grown are the same as yams. Perhaps because sweet potatoes ...

Scientifically, sweet potatoes and yams have a lot of differences also. "They are not related or even in the same plant family," Harvey said. "Sweet potatoes are considered storage roots and are ...

Yams are starchy and have a rough, brown exterior. They can grow up to 45 feet long and are eaten in parts of Latin America, West Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia. Sweet potatoes are a New World ...

Which is it? What are you actually eating? While we sometimes use the name interchangeably, yams and sweet potatoes are two different plants. The yam includes various species of the genus ...

(Photo Credit: iStock / Getty Images) Yams and sweet potatoes are not the same vegetable. Although both grow underground, they come from different plants. Yams are starchier, drier, and less sweet ...

True yams have rough, scaly skin and often purple or red flesh, can grow up to five feet, and are starchier than sweet potatoes. But they’re difficult to find in American supermarkets.

Although the terms “yam” and “sweet potato” are often used interchangeably, they come from different plant species. Sweet potatoes are native to the Americas, while yams originate from Africa.

Sweet potatoes and yams are not the same thing ... but the good news is that they are heat and drought tolerant. They grow in the ground or raised beds and will even grow in sandy soil.