Sweet Potato Vine Flower Box
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Sweet potato vines can be overwintered indoors from tubers or cuttings.
Sweet potato vine flower box. Place your sweet potato tuber in a glass of water with the top third exposed by securing it in place with toothpicks. With edible sweet potatoes as with most root crops and herbs it is important to remove any flowers. While you may be able to coax your plant into producing sweet potato vine seeds they aren t guaranteed to be good so it s best to propagate in other ways. The sweet potato is also very nutritious and relatively low in calories.
The sweet potato is a large sweet tasting root of the morning glory family. This is a very undemanding crop to grow. Store dormant tubers in a cool dry place and replant in spring. Sweet potatoes are known for their sprawling habit but this cultivar has short and compact vines.
Stem cuttings can also be placed in water with rooting taking place within a few weeks. Gardeners turn to the sweet potato vine for its ability to power through just about anything while bringing interesting shapes sizes and colors to a pot or plot. However if a sweet potato flower does occur it resembles its cousin the morning glory convolvulus spp mostly in shades of light blue to purple. A vigorous annual or a tender perennial it takes off in summer heat.
Plants can also be brought indoors and treated as houseplants. Ornamental sweet potato vines don t produce many flowers which means they often don t produce seeds. Many ornamentals are also sterile and only really viable to produce from cuttings. Consider getting the lime green margarita the deep purple sweetheart or the.
Typically used as spillers in containers they also make fantastic groundcovers typically spreading 4 to 6 feet. Take cuttings several weeks before your average first frost date and place in water. Many gardeners reference portio rico also referred to as bush or vineless as an ideal variety for smaller gardens or containers. Regular potatoes belong to the nightshade family.
Select a variety of sweet potato that is ideal for growing in containers. This beautiful easy to grow herbaceous perennial has long tendrils that tumble over the edges and down the sides of containers. The lush foliage of sweet potato vine comes in many colors making it a surefire win for any window box. Ornamental sweet potato vines ipomoea batatas are classic spiller plants for container gardens.
Edible sweet potato vines and some ornamental varieties bloom with flowers that resemble morning glories in shape but some ornamental sweet potato vines do not flower according to missouri.
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