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South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine

Ipomoea batatas 'South of the Border Refried Beans'

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South of the Border Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas 'South of the Border Refried Beans') at A Very Successful Garden Center

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine foliage

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine foliage

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South of the Border Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas 'South of the Border Refried Beans') at A Very Successful Garden Center

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine

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South of the Border Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas 'South of the Border Refried Beans') at A Very Successful Garden Center

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine

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Height:  8 inches

Spacing:  12 inches

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  (annual)

Other Names:  Ornamental Sweet Potato

Brand:  Hort Couture

Description:

A great addition to combination planters and hanging baskets, as well as being an annual groundcover in the landscape; loves heat and humidity; excellent color all season

Ornamental Features

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine is primarily valued in the garden for its spreading and trailing habit of growth. Its attractive lobed leaves emerge chartreuse in spring, turning olive green in color with curious fuchsia undersides and tinges of coppery-bronze throughout the season. The brick red stems can be quite attractive.

Landscape Attributes

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine is a dense herbaceous annual with a trailing habit of growth, eventually spilling over the edges of hanging baskets and containers. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant. The flowers of this plant may actually detract from its ornamental features, so they can be removed as they appear. It has no significant negative characteristics.

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • General Garden Use
  • Groundcover
  • Container Planting
  • Hanging Baskets

Planting & Growing

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 12 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. You may want to keep it away from hot, dry locations that receive direct afternoon sun or which get reflected sunlight, such as against the south side of a white wall. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

South of the Border™ Refried Beans Sweet Potato Vine is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. Because of its trailing habit of growth, it is ideally suited for use as a 'spiller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Garden  Groundcover  Container  Basket 
Applications
Foliage Color  Texture  Plant Form  Bark 
Ornamental Features