Ipomoea batatas - sweet potato vine

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$10.90

This fantastically dramatic trailing vine with acer-like leaves and lilac flowers loves heat and humidity, loves sunshine, loves to grow! In drier climates it will stay more compact; either way it's gorgeous in baskets and containers, or threading through bigger plants as a contrasting groundcover.

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Description

Ipomoea batatas dark leaf - sweet potato

APPEARANCE : Vigorous trailing herbaceous perennial vine with deeply lobed purple black leaves, purple beneath; and lilac-mauve trumpet flowers. Not the edible kind - ornamental only.
USE FOR : Plant in hanging pots so the plant can cascade down. Contrast-colour groundcover between shrubs.
PLANTING: Plant in sun or part sun to maintain the deep leaf colour. Water regularly. Protect from frost.
CARE: In tropical and subtropical gardens it can be planted year-round; in cold climates treat it like a dahlia or other tender bulbs and lift the tubers each autumn to store over winter in a pot of vermiculite.
HEIGHT & WIDTH: 20-40cm H x 1m W
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
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