Garden Affair : Sweet Potato vine

                                                   

Ornamental sweet potato vine is a popular houseplant which is grown widely as  a groundcover and hanging plant . It is often confused with edible sweet potato that belongs to same family of ipomea batatas which is grown for sweet potato and not for its foliage.  The foliage of ornamental sweet potato vine is attractive and comes in basically two colors green, dark  purple .  

                                                    

It is an easy to grow vine that grows in every type of climate and terrain. It is usually grown for its attractive foliage still the blooms are noteworthy due to resemblance to morning glory.                    

Propagation of sweet potato vines                                                                                                    

                                                                                                 

These are easily propagated through stem  cuttings which can be grown in water and can also be propagated in sandy soil.  The sweet potato vine is perennial plant  which can be grown in containers and borders to create groundcovers.                                                                                                       

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