Solarpower is one of the best performers in hot environments growing to an average height of one foot and spreading about three feet wide.
Sweetheart purple sweet potato vine.
This plant is quite vigorous and can trail up to 60 inches and should only be paired in combination with other vigorous plants or the ipomoea will.
Making them a poor choice for eating.
The black version of the solarpower is a purple sweet potato vine and is deep purplish black in hue.
Sweet potato vine ipomoea sweet caroline sweetheart purple has deep purple black heart shaped foliage.
Clean dark heart shaped foliage was blemish free and was a great contrast to lighter colours.
Sweet caroline sweetheart purple works great in large containers and landscapes.
Sweet potato vine ipomoea batatas an ornamental vine quickly spills over the sides of hanging baskets and patio containers.
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.
A rich lime green variant is available as is a rusty bronze.