Margie Compact Sweet Potato is a small ornamental cultivar of the herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit and trailing stems that is grown as a groundcover. The pointed, deeply lobed lime green foliage becomes lighter with more sun. Best color with full sun and consistently moist well-drained soils. Ornamental cultivars do not flower, and while still edible are not as tasty.
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Type: |
Annual |
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Height: |
0.5' - 1' |
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Spread: |
1' - 2' |
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Spacing: |
1.5’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
9 - 11 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
N/A |
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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: Raffi Kojian, Gardenology.org-IMG 2908 rbgs11jan, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Michael Rivera, Fountain in park next to Hotel Indigo, Savannah, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
