Grow beautiful trailing, spilling sweet potato vine in pots or as ground cover plants. Reviewed by Molly Hendry Sweet potato vines (Ipomoea batatas) are ornamental versions of the sweet potato ...

Sweet potato vines are very versatile and may be planted in the garden as a landscape plant, ground cover (especially on a bank), in a border, as a hanging basket, in a window box or container, or ...

Ornamental sweet potato vine is a vivid garden accent. Dan Gill, The Times-Picayune garden columnist; ... These easily grown plants work well as a low-growing bedding plant, summer ground cover, ...

Anyone who's gardened in containers for long knows the magic formula -- for an effective container, you need a "thriller" (upright, showy plant), "fillers" (mounding plants on the sides), and ...

Sweet potato vine can also provide a colorful ground cover. In the ground, plant transplants 2 feet apart. Expect a height of up to 12 inches and a spread of up to 15 feet.

Plant wisely and keep kids away, says Vern Nelson. Edible ground covers need to be protected from feet, hoses and the weather. ... Sweet potato, zucchini and other edible ground covers: ...

Ornamental sweet potato vine, ... These reliable plants work well as a low-growing bedding plant, summer ground cover, in hanging baskets and other containers or trained to climb on a support.

Should you be looking for one heck of a vine to use in your window boxes, hanging baskets or even as a head-turning ground cover, you have got to give the sweet potato vine a shot, that is if you ...

Fans of black clothing can now dress their gardens in black foliage, thanks to 'Blackie,' the sweet potato vine with a great drape of blackish- purple leaves. 'Blackie' (Ipomoea batatas), which ...