Marguerite Sweet Potato Vine
Marguerite Sweet Potato Vine's attractive heart-shaped leaves remain lime green in color throughout the season. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant.
Attracts,
Brand,
Brand,
Botanical Name,
Bulb Size,
Bulbs per Package,
Deer Resistant,
Evergreen or Deciduous,
Family,Sweet Potato Vine
Family Name,
Bloom Time,
Foliage Color,Green
Genus,Ipomoea
Genus Name,
Weather,
Days to Emerge,
Days to Maturity,
Edible,
Features,
Growth Rate,Fast
Hardiness,
Hardiness Zone,(annual)
Harvest Season,
Landscape Uses,Garden, Groundcover, Container, Basket
Light Needs,Full Sun, Partial Shade
Mature Height,6 inches
Mature Width,3 feet
Prune Time,Remove Flowers
Self Pollinating,
Water Needs,Average to Moist
Waterwise,
Essentials for Success
For flourishing plants, use potting soil for potted plants or planting mix for garden beds paired with Root Zone starter fertilizer is the perfect duo to foster robust root growth and minimize transplant shock.
Details
Marguerite Sweet Potato Vine is a dense herbaceous annual with a trailing habit of growth, eventually spilling over the edges of hanging baskets and containers. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant. The flowers of this plant may actually detract from its ornamental features, so they can be removed as they appear. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Marguerite Sweet Potato Vine is recommended for the following landscape applications:
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover
- Container Planting
- Hanging Baskets
Features
Marguerite Sweet Potato Vine's attractive heart-shaped leaves remain lime green in color throughout the season. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant.
Care
Planting & Growing
Marguerite Sweet Potato Vine will grow to be only 6 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Marguerite Sweet Potato Vine is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. Because of its trailing habit of growth, it is ideally suited for use as a 'spiller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
