I fell in love with this plant once I saw it in the nursery because of the lovely variegated colors. I kept it all this year in a contai...Read Morener as a great spiller. For the winter, it started dying back after the first few weeks of frost/light snow. I couldn't part with it, so I dug up the tuber and replanted it indoors. I cut it back to the smallest division. I knew it was still alive and sure enough, now it's sprouting again. I am going to plant it as a climber once it grows longer again.
I planted this variety in the wrong place where it didn't have nearly enough room to do its thing, which is to overrun and overtake every...Read Morething in its path. Pruning it keeps it under control for a matter of days before having to do it again. I loved the tricolors, and once it sent out a few small lavender blooms. Winter came and I tried (unsuccessfully) to dig it up and save it for Spring. I was surprised to see shoots coming up from its original home, but it had reverted back to an all green color. It is once again trying to eat everything near it, and I am once again back to trimming it every few days. I am going to try digging it up again this year and replanting it where it has lots of room to be a great groundcover, and also drape down over some retaining walls. I wish it was still in the tricolor form, but the all green is pretty too. These vines also sprout roots in 2 days from sticking a cutting in plain water with a dash of Superthrive. Be careful what you wish for when mutiplying these things!
From a simple 5" x 5" plastic nursery cup to the shallow, undernourished soil in the bed surrounding my office - this plant has been one ...Read Moreof the easiest to maintain. It virtually thrives on neglect - the only water it gets is from rain. It's survived hurricane Katrina, blazing Alabama summer weather, and continues to spread at an almost geometric rate.
I have some at my house that dies back during the winter. In the spring, however, it comes back just as colorful and vigorous as the previous year.
I'd recommend this plant for anyone who can kill a plant just by walking past it.
San Antonio, TX (Zone 8b) | August 2003 | positive
San Antonio, Tx
I have this planted in a hanging basket with morning sun and afternoon filtered sun up high under a night security...Read More light. Its coloration is magnificent. The morning sunshine and the security light makes it appear to glow. It is planted as ground cover and in hanging baskets at Sea World. It is an easy to grow plant.
If the vine loses its variegation, I would suspect that the plant reverts to a more basic form because it is shocked by the cold. This so...Read Moremetimes happens with African violets when they are chilled and they revert to plain white or purple flowers.
Try digging some tubers before cold weather, sprouting them and replanting when danger of frost is over.
This plant grows beautifully in south Florida. Unfortunately when we do have a close call with the weather, the plant dies out and retur...Read Morens totally green.
I fell in love with this plant once I saw it in the nursery because of the lovely variegated colors. I kept it all this year in a contai...Read More
I planted this variety in the wrong place where it didn't have nearly enough room to do its thing, which is to overrun and overtake every...Read More
Very pretty, but rating it neutral because not as vigorous as other cultivars and tends to rever to all green.
Very attactive plant, easy to propagate. I don't use it that often anymore, as it's just not very drought tolerant.
From a simple 5" x 5" plastic nursery cup to the shallow, undernourished soil in the bed surrounding my office - this plant has been one ...Read More
San Antonio, Tx
I have this planted in a hanging basket with morning sun and afternoon filtered sun up high under a night security...Read More
If the vine loses its variegation, I would suspect that the plant reverts to a more basic form because it is shocked by the cold. This so...Read More
This plant grows beautifully in south Florida. Unfortunately when we do have a close call with the weather, the plant dies out and retur...Read More
Also called "Tri-Color"and "Variegated Sweet Potato". Possibly also called "Little Pinky" and "Frosty Pink".