Scientific Name:	Ipomoea batatas cvs.
Pronunciation:	ip-uh-MEE-uh buh-TAY-tuss
Common Name:	sweet potato vine
Family Name:	Convolvulaceae
Plant Type:	Annual
Key ID Features:	Trailing, annual vine often used in containers; leaves 12cm, cordate or palmate with 3-5 lobes and in a huge range of colours (gold, lime-green, purple, etc).
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293, HORT 2355, Level 4 Apprenticeship

Habit: Irregular, Open, Pendulous Form: Climbing, Irregular, Weeping Texture: Coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Central America, South America Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Summer interest Additional Info: Google. Cultivars shown include I. 'Blackie', I. 'Tricolour', and I. ‘Margarita’.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Lobed Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Cordate Margins: Pinnately lobed Additional Info: Cultivar shown on left is Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie'. Cultivar in center is Ipomoea batatas ‘Tricolor’. Cultivar on left is Ipomoea batatas ‘Marguerite’. 'Chartreuse' (not shown) is similiar in leaf color to 'Marguerite'

Inflorescence Type: Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Funnelform Colour (petals): Showy, White, Magenta Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Aug, Sep Additional Info: rarely flowers

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Oct, Nov Additional Info: Fruit insignificant, very rare

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Tuberous roots

Propagation:	Seed, Softwood cuttings, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Drought resistant, Fungal leaf spot, Thrips

Location(s): (BED) BEDding, container, or basket (HPZ) Horticulture PlaZa Location Map

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