Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine

Ipomoea batatas

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Overview

Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine, or Ipomoea batatas, is a trailing annual grown for heart-shaped purple-black foliage speckled with green. It reaches 6-16 inches tall and spreads 20-36 inches, making a lush spiller or groundcover. Grow in part sun to sun with well-drained soil, average water, and occasional feeding for best color. Hardy in USDA Zones 11a-11b.

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Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) — is a trailing annual grown for heart-shaped purple-black foliage speckled with green

Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) — It reaches 6-16 inches tall and spreads 20-36 inches, making a lush spiller or groundcover

Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Grow in part sun to sun with well-drained soil, average water, and occasional feeding for best

Culture

Water: Medium

Shape & size

Mature height: 0.5–1.3333334 Ft.
Mature width: 1.6666666–3 Ft.

Classification

Family: Convolvulaceae

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Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) — is a trailing annual grown for heart-shaped purple-black foliage speckled with green

Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) — It reaches 6-16 inches tall and spreads 20-36 inches, making a lush spiller or groundcover

Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Grow in part sun to sun with well-drained soil, average water, and occasional feeding for best

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