Vines and Climbers: "Blackie" Potato Vine, 0 by delphiniumdiva

delphiniumdiva wrote:
Blackie? Get big? Oh noooooooooooooo, crim. It'll never get big. Just quietly go out with a shovel and remove any plant growing within 8 feet of the bugger, that all. And then when you are digging in that area next spring and you find these really big potato looking things in the ground - just remember: aliens put them there. Really.

Seriously it will grow quicker in the sun but it will grow anywhere. And grow....and grow.

See all that purple stuff in this pic below (taken in december I might add - them ain't no daylilies baby! ONE Blackie plant. Period. The front bed was done with a single cutting from in back. The back bed is so full of Blackie that it actually forms a mulch and I have to cut it away from the other plants.