Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Shadowstorm™ ornamental sweet potato vine Ipomoea batatas

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4.25” Pot
Exposure
  • Part Sun to Sun
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
Mature Size
Height: 6" - 16"
Spread: 20" - 3'
New Plant
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  • FEATURES

    Can’t decide between a green or purple sweet potato vine for the spiller in your containers? Try this variegated selection that’s a little of both! Its heart-shaped, near-black leaves are speckled with green - each one is nature’s masterpiece. Compared to older variegated forms, the shape of Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Shadowstorm™ is fuller, so you won’t need to continually trim to prevent it from getting scraggly as it grows. Expect the new leaves to emerge green, then develop their unique patterning with maturity and exposure to sunlight. Any leaves that remain solid-colored can either be removed or enjoyed – either way, the plant will thrive all season.

    Foliage Interest
    Heat Tolerant
    Deadheading Not Necessary

    CHARACTERISTICS

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    6 - 16 Inches15cm - 41cm
    Trails Up To: 
    30 Inches 76cm
    Spacing: 
    10 - 18 Inches 25cm - 46cm
    Spread: 
    20 - 36 Inches 51cm - 91cm
    Flower Shade: 
    grown for foliage
    Foliage Colors: 
    Black
    Green
    Patterned
    Foliage Shade: 
    Purple-black with green variegation
    Habit: 
    Trailing
    Container Role: 
    Spiller

    PLANT NEEDS

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Grown for Foliage
    Hardiness Zones: 
    11a, 11b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Container
    Groundcover
    Landscape
    Mass Planting
    Uses Notes: 

    Works great in landscapes as an annual ground cover, as well as in combination planters and containers by themselves.  The plant is very adaptable, working in both sun and shade conditions.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Ipomoeas are great additions to combination planters, but they can sometimes overwhelm less vigorous plants.  You can let your combination plants duke it out Darwinian style, however, if you prefer to keep a more balanced look to your combination planters, you can cut back or remove stems at any time to give other less vigorous plants a better change to compete for space.

    Ipomoeas also make great annual groundcovers in the landscape. They love the heat and humidity, cooler temperatures and low humidity cause them to stay more compact.

    While Sweet Potatoes all come from the same parent material out of Southeast Asia, there is a big difference between the Sweet Potato you buy in the store and the tubers produced by the Sweet Caroline plants. Commercial sweet potatoes have been bred for over 100 years selecting for those with the best sugar to starch content (hence the name SWEET Potato), the ornamental versions have been bred to produce good leaves and no tubers, though they do sometimes form small tubers. these tubers are composed of almost pure starch and no sugar; making them a poor choice for eating. So yes you can eat the tubers, but don't expect anyone to come back for seconds! Also always be careful when eating any ornamental plant unless you know how it was grown, and if pesticides or fungicides were used on it before you got it; a tuber is a storage root, and yes they store chemical as well as starch.

    An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance.

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