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 ...

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 ...

Ornamental sweet potato vines seem to be everywhere: I’ve seen them spilling out of planters at the entrances of posh New York City restaurants as well as carpeting patches of ground in Central ...

I grew Margarita ornamental sweet potato vines this year for the first time. I know that these plants will freeze over the winter. I don't know whether to pull it all out or cut it off leaving roots.

Question: I plant ornamental sweet potato vines, the bright green ones, in my flower boxes every year, but this year when removing the tired and dead vines, there were actually dark pink sweet ...

Q: I have an old flowering quince bush that has really red flowers. However, the flowers are all pretty much on the top of the plant with lots of brown stems. It gets plenty of sunlight, so I am not ...

Q. Can you start ornamental sweet potato plants from the tuber? I tried once, and it rotted. — Sharon M., Tulsa. These decorative vines are very popular. They are both attractive and very easy to grow ...

Legend has it that the sweet potato vine sweet-talked its way out of the vegetable garden and into the window boxes of fine Brooklyn brownstones and cozy California cottages. The dark purple blackie ...

DEAR JESSICA: During the summer I planted vines that I bought at the garden center. When I was cleaning out my flowerpots recently, these potatoes where there. My question to you is: Do you know if ...