
Sweet Potato Vine
- Botanical Name
- Ipomoea batatas
- Hardiness
- Zones 9 to 11, grown as annual elsewhere
- Height
- Up to 3 feet long
- Flowers
- Pale purple, trumpet shaped, usually not seen, grown for foliage in colors of chartreuse, purples, pink and whites
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Space 24 inches in ground or 1 to 2 vigorous cultivars per container
- Problems
- None serious, slugs, whiteflies?
- Varieties
- Marguerite - chartreuse, heart-shaped leaves, vigorous
- Blackie - purple, lobed leaves, vigorous
- Tricolor - pink, white and green, smaller, lobed leaves, less vigorous
- Carolina Purple - purple-green foliage, more contained growth than Blackie
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