Sweetheart Purple Sweet Potato Vine

Sweet potato vine ipomoea batatas an ornamental vine quickly spills over the sides of hanging baskets and patio containers.

Sweetheart purple sweet potato vine.

Sweet potato vine ipomoea sweet caroline sweetheart purple has deep purple black heart shaped foliage. A rich lime green variant is available as is a rusty bronze. Sweet caroline sweetheart purple works great in large containers and landscapes. The plant list for this project includes sweet caroline sweetheart lime sweet potato vine along with a mix of superbells calibrachoa supertunia petunias african daisies purslane verbena and other flowering annuals.

Clean dark heart shaped foliage was blemish free and was a great contrast to lighter colours. The compact and tidy growth habit of this sweet potato vine meant it combined well with other plants in containers without overtaking them. This plant is quite vigorous and can trail up to 60 inches and should only be paired in combination with other vigorous plants or the ipomoea will. Solarpower is one of the best performers in hot environments growing to an average height of one foot and spreading about three feet wide.

Commercial sweet potatoes have been bred for over 100 years selecting for those with the best sugar to starch content hence the name sweet potato the ornamental have been bred to produce good leaves and no tubers though they do form they are composed of almost pure starch and no sugar.