Professional Growing Information I PLANTED THIS VINE IN MY PLANTER AT THE MAILBOX NEAR THE STREET. IT NOT ONLY TRAILED OVER THE PLANTER BUT ALSO GREW OUT ONTO THE CURB. I HAD TO EVENTUALLY WRAP THE PLANT AROUND THE BRICK MAILBOX TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE STREET AND SO THE MAIL PERSON WOULD NOT RUN OVER IT. I NOW HAVE A COMPLETE CIRCLE OF GARNET LACE SWEET POTATO VINE AROUND MY MAILBOX. I HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL CUTTINGS AND GIVEN THEM TO PEOPLE WHO PASS AND WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS PLANT IS. IT IS VERY HARDY, THOUGH I AM NOT SURE WHAT I WILL DO WITH IT WHEN THE WEATHER TURNS COLDER BECAUSE IT HAS GROWN SO BIG. I WILL KEEP THIS PLANT AS PART OF MY LANDSCAPE BECAUSE IT IS SO EASY TO GROW AND ALWAYS LOOKS BEAUTIUL!
Proven Accents® Illusion® Garnet Lace Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas
Exposure
- Part Sun to Sun
The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Flower Season
- Spring
- Summer
Mature Size
Height
6" - 10"
Spread
2' - 3'
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Details
Features
ELECT me, I WON'T let you down.Great foliage component plant in combinations; excellent heat tolerance and good vigor.
Award WinnerFoliage InterestHeat TolerantDeadheading Not NecessaryCharacteristics
Plant Type:AnnualHeight Category:ShortGarden Height:6 - 10 InchesTrails Up To:30 InchesSpacing:12 - 18 InchesSpread:24 - 36 InchesFoliage Colors:RedFoliage Shade:RedHabit:TrailingContainer Role:SpillerPlant Needs
Light Requirement:Part Sun to SunMaintenance Category:EasyBloom Time:Grown for FoliageHardiness Zones:11a, 11bWater Category:AverageSoil Fertility Requirement:Average SoilUses:ContainerUses:LandscapeUses:Mass PlantingUses Notes:Great in mixed containers, window boxes and hanging baskets and in landscapes.
Maintenance Notes:Ipomoeas are great additions to combination planters, but they can sometimes overwhelm less vigorous plants. If you are like me you can let your combination plants duke it out Darwinian style, however, if you prefer to keep a more balanced look to your combination planters, you can cut back or remove stems at any time.
Ipomoeas also make great annual groundcovers in the landscape. They love the heat and humidity (growing up to 36" a week in the Deep South), cooler temperatures and low humidity cause them to stay more compact.
While Sweet Potatoes all come from the same parent material out of Southeast Asia, there is a big difference between the Sweet Potato you buy in the store and the tubers produced by the Sweet Caroline and the Illusion plants. Commercial sweet potatoes have been bred for over 100 years selecting for those with the best sugar to starch content (hence the name SWEET Potato), the ornamental have been bred to produce good leaves and no tubers, though they do form, they are composed of almost pure starch and no sugar; making them a poor choice for eating. So yes you can eat the tubers, but don't expect anyone to come back for seconds! Also always be careful when eating any ornamental plant unless you know how it was grown, and if pesticides or fungicides were used on it before you got it; a tuber is a storage root, and yes they store chemical as well as starch.
An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance.
"A Real Simple magazine Top 10 goofproof Plant"
Proven Accents® Illusion® Garnet Lace Ipomoea batatas 'NCORNSP-013GNLC' USPP 23,612, Can 4,537 -
3 Reviews
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LINDA, Florida, United States, 6 years ago
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I PLANTED THIS VINE IN MY PLANTER AT THE MAILBOX NEAR THE STREET. IT NOT ONLY TRAILED OVER THE PLANTER BUT ALSO GREW OUT ONTO THE CURB. I HAD TO EVENTUALLY WRAP THE PLANT AROUND THE BRICK MAILBOX TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE STREET AND SO THE MAIL PERSON WOULD NOT RUN OVER IT. I NOW HAVE A COMPLETE CIRCLE OF GARNET LACE SWEET POTATO VINE AROUND MY MAILBOX. I HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL CUTTINGS AND GIVEN THEM TO PEOPLE WHO PASS AND WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS PLANT IS. IT IS VERY HARDY, THOUGH I AM NOT SURE WHAT I WILL DO WITH IT WHEN THE WEATHER TURNS COLDER BECAUSE IT HAS GROWN SO BIG. I WILL KEEP THIS PLANT AS PART OF MY LANDSCAPE BECAUSE IT IS SO EASY TO GROW AND ALWAYS LOOKS BEAUTIUL!
LINDA, Florida, United States, 6 years ago -
Andrew M, 9 years ago
39 Awards
Award Year Award Plant Trial 2012 Top Performer Massachusetts Horticultural Society at Elm Bank 2012 Bronze Medal Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden 2012 Top Performer University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids 2012 Top 20 Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs 2012 Top 10 North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum 2012 Top Perfomer Texas A & M - East Texas Bedding Plant Trial 2012 Top Perfomer University of Wisconsin 2012 Top Performer Colorado State University 2012 Very Good Perfomer University Laval 2012 Consumer Choice University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale 36 More colors
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