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Sweet potato vine blackie indoor.
Ornamental sweet potato vines are versatile plants that are equally suitable for filling outdoor containers spilling over a wall or covering ground in a landscape bed.
Sweet potato vine ipomoea batatas blackie is a fast growing tropical vine that gracefully spills over the edges of patio containers or hanging baskets.
When to plant sweet potato vine.
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How to grow sweet potato vines.
However depending on your growing zone it can be planted at other times of year.
As a tropical plant it prefers warmer temperatures.
The one season in which it s generally not advisable to plant sweet potato vines is the winter.
Overwintering sweet potato tubers.
They also are popular as indoor plants and can be grown inside year round or just during the cold of winter.
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.
Blackie is an impressive variety that.
Most of the time the sweet potato plant is planted in the spring.
Otherwise there are several easy ways of overwintering a sweet potato vine.
If you have space you can simply bring the plants indoors and grow them as houseplants until spring.
Bulb like tubers grow just beneath the surface of the soil.