Black Heart sweet potato vine
Ipomoea batatas 'Black Heart'
Proven Winners Award Winner
USDA zones9 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Black Heart' sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas 'Black Heart') is an annual for containers, food gardens, and pollinator gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to wet, loamy soil. It climbs and grows rapidly, so give it room to trail or twine. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with Taro, Sedge, and American Dawn dahlia.