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  1. I grew a sweet potato vine from an actual sweet potato once. It was the chartreuse color and got quite big. Then I somehow forgot to water it for too long and it croaked. I actually grew it in water. I might try growing one again for next spring. Yours are so full and beautiful. You could probably winter over a cutting or three and then they would be even cheaper than the $3. ones!

    Hope your eye is doing well and your week is off to a good start.

  2. Lovely vines! Thank you for the growing tips. I got a cutting from my Mom’s plant and it rooted quickly. Loving the chartreuse color. Next year I must have purple, too. I wonder if they can be trained on an arbor? I really love your hibiscus. I saw that variety at my nursery but the price of $24.99 was too high for me! The dark foliage is exquisite and such flamboyant blooms! I am not having luck with creeping jenny. Any tips for keeping it green! Mine tends to go brown in places. I get morning sun then all shade in my container garden. Standouts have been calladiums this year (my 1st time to try them). I recently bought a black and blue salvia, which would love all the sunshine you get. I highly recommend it, as the flowers are bright blue with dark calyxes. Stunning contrasts are so enjoyable.

    1. Creeping Jenny, mine anyway, gets brown in the sun. I don’t think it likes intense heat and probably needs to be in part shade.

      1. I Googled it: Creeping Jenny leaves will be a different color based on the sun exposure: golden yellow in full sun and chartreuse green in partial shade.

  3. I don’t have any sweet potato vines this year, but I have in past years. Yes, it grows prolifically and looks lovely spilling out of containers.

    1. Mine is trailing across the cement. I keep snipping it, but it’s hard keeping up with it.

  4. I love your sweet potato vines. If I should do spring flowers in 2019, I will definitely get those.
    Your patio is still as pretty as ever.

    Carol and Molly
    xoxoxo

    1. You will love sweet potato vine, Carol and Molly! They far exceed expectations.

  5. Thanks for the interesting info Brenda bc I’m trying to learn more about plants. I love purple sweet potatoes too and they are good for you. Have a great day!

    1. Well, this is the place to learn. If I don’t know it, you can be sure someone in the comments will have the answer you seek!

  6. Your patio looks beautiful! I too love sweet potato vines and think they look fabulous alone or mixed with other plants. I also had great luck the last 2 years with ferns, which I got for $12.99. One is supposed to get to be 6 feet across and they can be brought indoors for the winter. I might do that but I have noticed that the grasshoppers like the fern and I am afraid of them coming in the house as I hate bugs.

    I hope your eye is feeling great! Have a wonderful day!

    1. Wow, that’s a big fern! I hate it when grasshoppers get inside and I can’t grab them while they’re hopping.

  7. I, too, am a sweet potato vine fan. Mine also wilt a bit in the morning sun, and then are bright and happy again when they get a bit of shade in the afternoon. The funniest thing is the past 3 years, when I am emptying their containers in the Fall, I have had several sweet potatoes growing in the dirt. Bonus! I have added them to my compost, and never tried them to see if they are good to eat, but it has been fun finding them the past few years!!

  8. I love sweet potato vines also! I wonder how they would do in the house? Perhaps you could root a piece of each and see if you can overwinter them indoors?

  9. Happy Monday Brenda.
    I love my sweet potato vines too. They are growing like gang busters. They are such a pretty green leaf fill for any potted plants. I have mine in my flower boxes and they are down to the ground and still on the move.

    Have a great week ahead.
    Hugs,
    Kris

    1. I forgot to mention that sweet potato vine is a great filler. In fact it’s such a great filler that it has covered up the rest of the plants in the pot.

      1. You can grow sweet potatoes plants from tuber, just cut one in pieces and put in a big pot. At the end of the season dig soil and get sweet potatoes. Leave vine intact . Next year vine will grow and you can get some more. You can eat them after washing and either boiling or roasting or candied.

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