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Convolvulaceae
Sweetpotato
Ipomoea batatas
Also known as Louisiana yam, Batata, Sweet potato vine, Ipomoea tabascana
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Sweet Potato Vine · Trailing · Ornamental · Ground Cover · Foliage · Tropical · Edible · Fast Growing · Container · Vine
Sweet potato vine thrives in bright indirect to partial shade light and prefers consistently moist but not waterlogged soil. It is a vigorous grower that works well as a trailing houseplant or ground cover in warm climates. Pinch back long vines regularly to encourage bushy, full growth.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until drainage occurs, then allow top inch of soil to dry before watering again · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cambodia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda, aspca
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