Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Jet Black sweet potato vine
Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Jet Black'
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
'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Jet Black' sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Jet Black') is an annual for containers, pollinator gardens, and shade gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is not cold-hardy and will not survive freezing temperatures. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to wet, loamy soil. Deer tend to browse other plants first. It climbs at a rapid rate, tolerates drought, and draws bees.
Pairs well with Roselle, Northwind switchgrass, and Great Silence dahlia.