Ipomoea, Ornamental Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine 'Ace of Spades'

Bought plant in August as a vegetable for vegetable garden. It is now taking over! Beautiful foliage but are there sweet potatoes in the ...Read Moreground? If not, it will go into a pot for it's foliage and give back valuable space.

I purchased this plant at our local "Ace Hardware", because of the beautiful color and shape of the leaves.

About a week l...Read Moreater, I read somewhere that you can actually start this plant from a sweet potato; place in water and when the roots come out, cut off the top portion of the sweet potato (as it will be mushy) and plant in soil.

Mine seems to be losing some of its' leaves now, but I am going to try rooting it for the greenhouse; hopefully I will have a few new plants for next year!

PS I have also seen this plant in green, but it is not as pretty.

I have grown this plant in pots--it looks great cascading from a large pot with colorful coleus--but have just discovered it will overwin...Read Moreter in the ground here in Northcentral Florida, zone 8b, if the roots are protected by mulch. A friend just gave me some cuttings from a plant she planted in the ground well over a year ago that survived through our coldest winter in over a 100 years. This Spring it came back and is now a wonderfully rambling groundcover. I just planted my rooted cuttings with cannas and lilies. A great plant.

Ipomoea is an awesome plant. An absolute must in my courtyard. It looks wonderful running all over other plants. I recently planted some...Read More in with my black elephant ears, its beautiful! It grows as an annual in Dallas, Texas (U.S.)

I can't always find it to purchase, so I cut the stems and root them to take inside to over winter. Its the fastest-rooting plant I know of. I have never seen it flower though (but it doesn't need to flower.)

This is the 2nd year I have planted this vine. I have it on a retaining wall and it accents it beautifully. I took clippings in over th...Read Moree winter and planted them back outside in the spring. I will never be without this plant in my beds again.

Similar to 'Black Heart', but darker.

Unique dark, deeply lobed foliage. Grows as a vine. Plant about 12" apart.