Blackie Sweet Potato Vine Plant

The sweet potato vine blackie ipomoea batatas a proven winners selection has a trailing habit and dark red purple leaves that are shaped like a bird s footprint.

Blackie sweet potato vine plant.

I had never seen any other one with flowers so for me this was a great surprise. Shelter from cold drying winds. Blackie is usually grown as an annual. They also prefer soil that does not dry out completely.

How to grow a purple sweet potato vine. Today for the first time it has blooms of beautiful pink flowers. Sweet potato vines are heavy feeders so they benefit greatly from regular fertilizer feedings. Propagationsow seed in spring after chipping them or soaking them in water for 24 hours.

Blackie ipomoea plants offer vigorous trailing foliage with dark burgundy black maple shaped leaves. This ornamental plant provides color and interest like no other plant. A real simple magazine top 10 goofproof plant the only surprising thing about the sudden popularity of sweet potato vines is why it took so long to happen. They are grown for their distinctive foliage and vigorous growth habit.

Root softwood cuttings in spring or summer or semi ripe cuttings in summer. This is the first time i grew blackie potato vine and it has has grown beautifully. Not nearly as wicked as its name implies this sweet potato vine has a trailing habit deep purple leaves.