Tricolor sweet potato vine
Ipomoea batatas 'Tricolor'
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
'Tricolor' sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas 'Tricolor') is an annual for containers, pollinator gardens, and food gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to wet, loamy soil. It climbs at a rapid rate, tolerates drought, and attracts bees. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Taro, Roselle, and Northwind switchgrass.