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Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine

Ipomoea batatas

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Overview

The Ipomoea batatas 'Medusa™ Green' is a mounding-trailing ornamental sweet potato vine with palm-shaped green leaves and subtle purple accents. It grows 6-12 inches tall and spreads 18-30 inches wide. Best in part sun to full sun with average, well-drained soil and regular moisture, it excels as a lush filler, groundcover, or container plant. Hardy in USDA Zones 11a-11b.

Water Medium
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — It grows 6-12 inches tall and spreads 18-30 inches wide
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Best in part sun to full sun with averageMedusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — is a distinctive foliage annual from the Proven Winners® collectionMedusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Hardy in USDA Zones 11a-11bMedusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — well-drained soil and regular moistureMedusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — it excels as a lush fillerMedusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — The Ipomoea batatas 'Medusa™ Green'+59

Culture

Water
Medium

Shape & size

Mature height
0.5–1 Ft.
Mature width
1.5–2.5 Ft.

Classification

Family
Convolvulaceae

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Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — It grows 6-12 inches tall and spreads 18-30 inches wide
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Best in part sun to full sun with average
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — is a distinctive foliage annual from the Proven Winners® collection
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Hardy in USDA Zones 11a-11b
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — well-drained soil and regular moisture
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — it excels as a lush filler
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — The Ipomoea batatas 'Medusa™ Green'
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — commonly referred to as Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Rather than racing outward in long
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — billowing presence and unusual palm-shaped leaves
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — loose trails like many ornamental sweet potato vines
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Medusa™ Green forms a rounded
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — overlapping mass of fresh green foliage touched with subtle purple accents
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — this mounding-trailing selection typically grows 6 to 12 inches tall and spreads 18 to 30 inches
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — The effect is lush and textural
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — with recommended spacing of 12 to 18 inches where it is used in beds or mass plantings
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — rounded form without the constant trimming often required by more aggressive trailing cultivars
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — It is technically hardy in USDA Zones 11a to 11b
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — but is grown widely as a warm-season annual across most regions
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Gardeners appreciate that it keeps a handsome
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — though it handles heat and humidity with ease once established
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — well-drained soil and consistent moisture
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — where its foliage stays dense
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — regular feeding helps maintain its robust foliage through the season; in garden beds

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