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https://www.costafarms.com/plants/sweet-potato-vine

Scientific name: Ipomoea batatas

Common name: Sweet potato Vine

Category: shrub

Height: 4-10”

Light requirement: full sun to partial shade

Bloom color: Rarely flower but may produce pink to purple-lavender

Bloom/ fruiting period: Spring to Summer

Landscape / Herbal/ Historic Use: used as a classic “spiller” in containers, baskets and along

beds and borders.

The sweet potato plant is a branching, creeping vine with spirally arranged lobed. Heart shaped

leaves and white or lavender flowers. The plant has enlarged roots called tubers which act as

an energy store for the plant. The tubers can be variable in shape and can be red, yellow,

brown, white or purple in color.The foliage lends a tropical feel to the garden and comes in a

range of colors and varying forms.

Sweet Potato Vine