When harvesting sweet potatoes in pots or in the garden some of these roots swell and form the storage root which is the part of the plant we harvest and eat.
Flower pots with sweet potato vine.
However depending on your growing zone it can be planted at other times of year.
Once these plants have begun to grow robustly indoors they will be ready to transfer to large mixed containers with other plants.
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The one season in which it s generally not advisable to plant sweet potato vines is the winter.
Ornamental varieties serve as versatile groundcovers with colorful leaves that stand out from.
One of the easiest ways to create multi seasonal interest in the garden is to use plants with interesting foliage.
Sweet potato vine ipomoea batatas named for its edible cousin is an ornamental warm season annual grown for its attractive leaves and vining habit the foliage lends a tropical feel to the garden and comes in a range of colors and varying forms.
You re probably most familiar with sweet potato vine as a vibrant eye catching chartreuse colored vine spilling out of flower pots or brightening up a garden bed as a ground cover.
Why sweet potato vine is so popular.
Add texture and interest to any flower bed or container combination by using 1 00 pt accent plants to compliment the annuals perennials and shrubs in your landscape overview ipomoea known as sweet potato vine can be grown as a ground cover but a favorite use is as a spiller in combination with other flowers.
They are bred for the beauty of their leaves rather than edible tubers and the vines from these plants make them look more like a morning glory or clematis than a member of the potato family.
As a tropical plant it prefers warmer temperatures.
Avoid garden soil which is too heavy and becomes compacted.
Ornamental sweet potato vines are in the same family as edible sweet potatoes and are in fact the same species.
The ornamental varieties are simply cultivars of the species plant.
Sweet potato vines for flower pots.
Sweet potatoes ipomoea batatas aren t just for eating.
Plant ornamental sweet potato vine in a container filled within 1 inch of the top with commercial potting soil.
Most of the time the sweet potato plant is planted in the spring.
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When to plant sweet potato vine.