Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape

Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie'

Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Blackie Sweet Potato is an ornamental cultivar of the herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit and trailing stems that is grown as a groundcover. The large deeply-lobed foliage deepens to a stunning near-black burgundy.  Blooms in spring, but are often removed to encourage foliage health.  Best color with full sun and consistently moist well-drained soils.   Ornamental cultivars do not flower, and while still edible are not as tasty.

Type: 

Annual

Origins:

Central and South America

Height: 

0.5' - 1'

Spread: 

4' - 5'

Spacing: 

4.5’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

9 - 11

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun  

Bloom Color: 

N/A

Season of Interest: 

Multi-Season

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance.  Fungal leaf diseases can be somewhat common. Watch for slugs, thrips, and flea beetles.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Wildlife Gardens, Naturalized Areas, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Geranium, Verbena, Petunia

IMAGES: Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Red and black foliage, (2) photoset by daryl_mitchell, (1) Coleus, Lantana and Ipomoea - June (4756570199), CC BY-SA 2.0, (2)  Coleus, Lantana and Ipomoea - August (5147858554), CC BY-SA 2.0, (3) set by James St. John, (1) Ipomoea batatas 'blackie' (Blackie sweet potato vine) 1, CC BY 2.0, (2) Ipomoea batatas 'blackie' (Blackie sweet potato vine) 2, CC BY 2.0, (4) Photo by David J. Stang, Ipomoea batatas Blackie 0zz, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie' ~ Proven Accents® Blackie Sweet Potato-ServeScape

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