NOLA.com: Need fast-growing color? Try sweet potato vine and its lost list of hues and shapes Need fast-growing color? Try sweet potato vine and its lost list of hues and shapes The Advocate: Sweet potato vine adds fast-growing color to the garden | Entertainment/Life | theadvocate.com Sweet potato vine adds fast-growing color to the garden | Entertainment/Life | theadvocate.com Gulf Live: Southern Gardening: Ornamental sweet potato vines make carpet of color Mississippi State University's Truck Crops Branch Experiment Station has several sweet potato vines growing in trial gardens.

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(Photo by MSU Extension Service/Gary Bachman) When it's hot in the summer ... Sweet potatoes aren’t limited to Thanksgiving. In fact, sweet potato vines make great ground covers in the garden. Ground covers, which consists of low-growing plants, can serve as an alternative lawn ...

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For the summer flower garden, ornamental sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) make a beautiful, dependable addition. They thrive in the intense heat of our summers, and May through August is the perfect ...