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 ...

“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 ...

What: Solanum crispum “Glasnevin,” or Chilean potato vine, is hardy and blooms abundantly. The plethora of small star-shaped flowers, which are an intense lilac color with yellow centers, begin in ...

Q: What’s happening to this sweet potato vine? One of our sweet potato tubers developed a bud and I planted it. Any ideas to help the plant? A: Congratulations on starting a sweet potato vine! Over ...

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: Solanum crispum “glasnevin,” commonly known as Chilean potato vine or just potato vine. Its long bloom period, from March until late November, makes it an outstanding choice for the garden.

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 ...

PANAMA CITY — The appetite of a tiny beetle might be Florida’s best defense against the fast growing, invasive air potato vine. “Ten beetles is all they need, assuming you get some females,” Kristen ...

Its lush green leaves with their lacy patterns look almost beautiful as it winds around trees and covers brush like a wall of greenery. But the potato vine isn’t beautiful to state and national park ...

QUESTION: An awful vine is creeping over the park into our yard. The leaves are big and heart-shaped. What if the dog falls asleep out there? ANSWER: Don’t let the dog rest one more minute until the ...

It's peak time for annuals -- at least it would be in a normal summer. Looking at my dozens (really) of containers, I've decided the one that gets nominated into the Plant of the Week Hall of Fame is ...