Blackie Sweet Potato Vine Plant

Root softwood cuttings in spring or summer or semi ripe cuttings in summer.

Blackie sweet potato vine plant.

How to grow a purple sweet potato vine. Blackie ipomoea plants offer vigorous trailing foliage with dark burgundy black maple shaped leaves. Sweet potato vines are heavy feeders so they benefit greatly from regular fertilizer feedings. Today for the first time it has blooms of beautiful pink flowers.

Sweet potato vine ipomoea batatas blackie is a fast growing tropical vine that gracefully spills over the edges of patio containers or hanging baskets. Blackie is usually grown as an annual. Shelter from cold drying winds. They are grown for their distinctive foliage and vigorous growth habit.

I had never seen any other one with flowers so for me this was a great surprise. Propagationsow seed in spring after chipping them or soaking them in water for 24 hours. Provide support or use as a groundcover. This ornamental plant provides color and interest like no other plant.

A real simple magazine top 10 goofproof plant the only surprising thing about the sudden popularity of sweet potato vines is why it took so long to happen. The sweet potato vine blackie ipomoea batatas a proven winners selection has a trailing habit and dark red purple leaves that are shaped like a bird s footprint. On aug 29 2002 wingnut from spicewood tx zone 8b wrote.