Sidekick™ Series sweet potato vine
Ipomoea batatas 'Sidekick™ Series'
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
'Sidekick Series' sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas 'Sidekick Series') is a perennial for containers, rock gardens, and shade gardens. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 9 and warmer, down to about 20°F (-7°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to wet, loamy soil. It climbs and grows rapidly, and it tolerates drought. Bees visit it. It sits low on the menu for deer.
Pairs well with Marvel of peru, Sedge, and Black Knight butterfly bush.