Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' (Sweet Caroline Series)
Ornamental sweet potato 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple', Sweet potato vine 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple'
Ipomoea Ipomoea
'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' _ 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' is a vigorous, tender, trailing, tuberous evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with heart-shaped, deeply lobed, purple-black leaves. Funnel-shaped, pale lilac flowers are rarely produced.
Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' (Sweet Caroline Series) is: Evergreen
Climbing, Trailing
White, Purple-pink in Summer
Flushed black, Dark-purple in All seasons
Glasshouse red spider mite , Glasshouse whitefly , Sweet potato weevil Glasshouse red spider mite , Glasshouse whitefly , Sweet potato weevil
Can be trainer up string, canes, or a trellis.
Root plantlets, Softwood cuttings
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Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' (Sweet Caroline Series) (Ornamental sweet potato 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple') will reach a height of 0.4m and a spread of 0.9m after 1-2 years.
Add to salads, Greenhouse, Sub-Tropical
As a semi-tropical plant, sweet potatoes require hot conditions to grow. Plant slips in multi-purpose compost and grow in a propagator. Plant out after last frost in moisture-retentive soil in shelter. Requires consistent moisture.
Chalky, Loamy, Sandy
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Full Sun
South, West
Sheltered
Indoor heated (H1), Tender in frost (H3)
We do not currently have companion plants added for this plant.
Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' (Sweet Caroline Series)
Ornamental sweet potato 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple', Sweet potato vine 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple'
Ipomoea Ipomoea
'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' _ 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' is a vigorous, tender, trailing, tuberous evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with heart-shaped, deeply lobed, purple-black leaves. Funnel-shaped, pale lilac flowers are rarely produced.
Evergreen
Climbing, Trailing
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White, Purple-pink in Summer
Flushed black, Dark-purple in All seasons
Glasshouse red spider mite , Glasshouse whitefly , Sweet potato weevil
Can be trainer up string, canes, or a trellis.
Root plantlets, Softwood cuttings
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Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' (Sweet Caroline Series) (Ornamental sweet potato 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple') will reach a height of 0.4m and a spread of 0.9m after 1-2 years.
Add to salads, Greenhouse, Sub-Tropical
As a semi-tropical plant, sweet potatoes require hot conditions to grow. Plant slips in multi-purpose compost and grow in a propagator. Plant out after last frost in moisture-retentive soil in shelter. Requires consistent moisture.
Chalky, Loamy, Sandy
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Full Sun
South, West
Sheltered
Indoor heated (H1), Tender in frost (H3)
Zone 11, Zone 10
Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' (Sweet Caroline Series) (Ornamental sweet potato 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple')
grape ground pearl
Margarodes vitis
Insect
Absent
2
5
Main pathway; Vitis spp. plants for planting; already prohibited. However; further consideration of other pathways is required.
Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' (Sweet Caroline Series) (Ornamental sweet potato 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple')
Asain cotton leafworm; Cluster caterpillar; Fall armyworm; Rice cutworm; Taro caterpiller; Tobacco budworm; Tobacco caterpillar; Tobacco cutworm; Tobacco leaf caterpillar
Spodoptera litura
Insect
Absent
3
3
Regulated pest; frequently intercepted with occasional outbreaks which have been successfully eradicated in the UK.
Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' (Sweet Caroline Series) (Ornamental sweet potato 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple')
Black scale; Coffee scale; black; Nigra scale
Parasaissetia nigra
Insect
Present (Limited)
2
3
Present at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew for in excess of 100 years. Candidate for deregulation.
Our plants are under greater threat than ever before. There is increasing movement of plants and other material traded from an increasing variety of sources. This increases the chances of exotic pests arriving with imported goods and travellers, as well as by natural means. Shoot is working with Defra to help members to do their part in preventing the introduction and spread of invasive risks.
Traveling or importing plants? Please read "Don't risk it" advice here
Suspected outbreak? Click here for contact details to report to the relevant authority.
Date updated: 7th March 2019 For more information visit: https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/
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Soil types: | Chalky, Loamy, Sandy | Tell us... |
Soil drainage: | Moist but well-drained, Well-drained | Tell us... |
Soil pH: | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral | Tell us... |
Light: | Full Sun | Tell us... |
Aspect: | South, West | Tell us... |
Exposure: | Sheltered | Tell us... |
Hardiness: | Indoor heated (H1), Tender in frost (H3) | Tell us... |
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