Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Instead, give the showy leaves of your ornamental sweet potatoes a try. They're full of vitamins and antioxidants, plus they're a ...

“I recently pulled out a decorative sweet potato vine as I was cleaning out my planters for the season and found HUGE tubers under the soil. I understand that they are not the tastiest kinds of sweet ...

Today's topic is sweet potatoes. But hold the marshmallows; these sweet potatoes aren't for the table. For the summer flower garden, however, ornamental sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) make a ...

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 ...

Gardeners are always looking for eye-catching choices for a hanging basket or decorative pot, and, of course, plants with flowers are near the top of the list. Striking foliage, however, can be a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ornamental sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), grown primarily for its purple, chartreuse, or variegated foliage, is a true sweet ...

* What it is: A close relative of the edible sweet potato, these starchy annual vines are grown for their colorful heart-shaped to elongated leaves, which are primarily golden, bronze, dark purple and ...

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 ...

Mississippi State University's Truck Crops Branch Experiment Station has several sweet potato vines growing in trial gardens. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Gary Bachman) When it's hot in the summer ...

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.

Q. I have beetles eating my ornamental sweet potato vine. They have a clear shell on their backs. What are they? — Valerie from Newburgh A. Tortoise beetles, or sweet potato beetles, are often called ...