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Ipomoea batatas 'Tricolor' or 'Pink
Frost'
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Ipomoea batatas 'Tricolor'
(Sweet Potato Vine, Ornamental Sweet Potato, Pink Frost) |
Family: Convulvulaceae
Light: Full sun/sun-part shade
Height: 6'
Spacing: 2'
Blooms: Lavender
Foliage: Variegated, tricolored, pale green and white with pink
margins
Soil: Well-drained
Water: Regular
Propagation: Cuttings, layering, budding, grafting, stooling, tubers
Uses: Trellis, hanging baskets, groundcover, containers, mass
planting
Comments: Ipomoea batatas 'Tricolor' or Sweet Potato Vine or
Ornamental Sweet Potato or 'Pink
Frost'
is an eye-catching and fast-growing
ornamental vine that draws a lot of attention.
This tropical perennial vine does not tolerate frost and will die back
to the ground; however it will send out new shoots the following season.
Ipomoea batatas 'Pink
Frost' has beautiful contrasting foliage colors
that makes it an outstanding trailing groundcover, in hanging baskets,
in containers as an accent plant for the patio or just simply let it climb up a
trellis to show off its beautiful tri-colored leaves. Ipomoea
batatas 'Tricolor' plant is very easily propagated by cuttings. Trim
vines to maintain shape.
USDA Hardiness Zones : 8b-11 |
