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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) — where its foliage stays denseMedusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Hardy in USDA Zones 11a-11bMedusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — It is equally handsome spilling gently from hanging basketsMedusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — overlapping mass of fresh green foliage touched with subtle purple accentsMedusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — is a distinctive foliage annual from the Proven Winners® collectionMedusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — It is equally handsome spilling gently from hanging baskets; is a distinctive foliage annual+79

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) — where its foliage stays dense
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Hardy in USDA Zones 11a-11b
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — It is equally handsome spilling gently from hanging baskets
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) — is a distinctive foliage annual from the Proven Winners® collection
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — It is equally handsome spilling gently from hanging baskets; is a distinctive foliage annual
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — designer finish while adding fresh green movement to patios
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — The Ipomoea batatas 'Medusa™ Green'; commonly referred to as Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — where its mounded form can knit together flowering annuals without immediately overwhelming them
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — regular feeding helps maintain its robust foliage through the season; in garden beds; hardy in
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — The effect is lush and textural; its sculptural foliage gives containers a polished
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — well-drained soil and consistent moisture; though it handles heat and humidity with ease once
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) — It grows 6-12 inches tall and spreads 18-30 inches wide; it excels as a lush filler
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — rounded form without the constant trimming often required by more aggressive, image 52
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — billowing presence and unusual palm-shaped leaves; where its mounded form can knit together
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — loose trails like many ornamental sweet potato vines
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — with recommended spacing of 12 to 18 inches where it is used in beds or mass, image 48
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — designer finish while adding fresh green movement to patios; it is equally handsome spilling
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — Its sculptural foliage gives containers a polished; well-drained soil and consistent moisture
Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) — where its foliage stays dense; with recommended spacing of 12 to 18 inches where it is used in
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) — it excels as a lush filler

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