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Sweet Potato Vine - Blackie
The Sweet Potato Vine Blackie, 'Ipomoea batatas', a Proven Winners selection, has a trailing habit and dark red/purple leaves that are shaped like a bird's footprint. They grow best when provided with a high light location and relatively warm temperatures. They are grown for their distinctive foliage and vigorous growth habit. This ornamental plant provides color and interest like no other plant. Blackie looks nice planted with lighter foliaged plants. Ornamental Sweet Potato Vines can be used as an annual groundcover or in hanging baskets and pots. For zones 10-11, this plant can also be a perennial. ... details
Chrysocephalum - Baby Gold The Chrysocephalum Baby Gold, ' Chrysocephalum apiculatum', has button shaped yellow flowers on silver green foliage. Baby Gold is heat resistant and is easy to grow. For zones 9-11, this plant can also be a perennial. This Proven Selection plant attains a height of 10 to 12 inches and is commonly called yellow buttons. Baby Gold is a very adaptable plant in the garden. It prefers full sun and well drained soils. Babby Golds are used in combos, massed plantings, and hanging baskets. |
