My favorite PW potato vine. Very vigorous and nice color. My only regret is that I only bought two. Will use it in more containers next year.
Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Mahogany™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea hybrid
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6 - 16 Inches12 - 18 Inches20 - 36 Inches15cm - 41cm30cm - 46cm51cm - 91cmFeatures
Great foliage component plant in combinations; excellent heat tolerance and good vigor, the heartshaped leaves catch the eye.
Significantly improved over Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Red, Mahogany is far more saturated mahogany red and retains its color well in full sun. The habit is more mounded due to shorter internodes, but it does trail as it matures through the season. A good match to Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Jet Black™ and Sweetheart Lime.
Award WinnerFoliage InterestHeat TolerantDeadheading Not NecessaryCharacteristics
Plant Type:AnnualHeight Category:ShortGarden Height:6 - 16 Inches 15cm - 41cmTrails Up To:30 Inches 76cmSpacing:12 - 18 Inches 30cm - 46cmSpread:20 - 36 Inches 51cm - 91cmFlower Shade:Grown for FoliageFoliage Colors:BrownFoliage Colors:RedFoliage Shade:Burgundy BronzeHabit:TrailingContainer Role:SpillerPlant Needs
Light Requirement:Part Sun to SunThe optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Maintenance Category:EasyBloom Time:Grown for FoliageHardiness Zones:11a, 11bWater Category:AverageUses:Border PlantUses:ContainerUses:GroundcoverUses:LandscapeUses:Mass PlantingUses Notes:Works great in landscapes as an annual ground cover, as well as in combination planters and containers by themselves. The plant is very adaptable, working in both sun and shade conditions, atlhough the heart shaped leaves have deeper and brighter colors in full sun than they do in shadier environments where colors are tinged with more green.
Maintenance Notes:Ipomoeas are great additions to combination planters, but they can sometimes overwhelm less vigorous plants. You can let your combination plants duke it out Darwinian style, however, if you prefer to keep a more balanced look to your combination planters, you can cut back or remove stems at any time to give other less vigorous plants a better change to compete for space.
Ipomoeas also make great annual groundcovers in the landscape. They love the heat and humidity, cooler temperatures and low humidity cause them to stay more compact.
While Sweet Potatoes all come from the same parent material out of Southeast Asia, there is a big difference between the Sweet Potato you buy in the store and the tubers produced by the Sweet Caroline plants. Commercial sweet potatoes have been bred for over 100 years selecting for those with the best sugar to starch content (hence the name SWEET Potato), the ornamental versions have been bred to produce good leaves and no tubers, though they do sometimes form small tubers. these tubers are composed of almost pure starch and no sugar; making them a poor choice for eating. So yes you can eat the tubers, but don't expect anyone to come back for seconds! Also always be careful when eating any ornamental plant unless you know how it was grown, and if pesticides or fungicides were used on it before you got it; a tuber is a storage root, and yes they store chemical as well as starch.
An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance.
Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Mahogany™ Ipomoea hybrid 'NCORNSP-031SHMG' USPPAF, Can PBRAF -
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Mario Rotella, Ontario, Canada, 3 weeks ago
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My favorite PW potato vine. Very vigorous and nice color. My only regret is that I only bought two. Will use it in more containers next year.
Mario Rotella, Ontario, Canada, 3 weeks ago
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Award Year Award Plant Trial 2023 Perfect Score Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens 2023 Top Performer Boerner Botanical Garden 2023 Best of Show - Shade, Best of Species Penn State University 2023 Director's Select - Sun Penn State University 2023 Rated #2 in the Top Ten - beds North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum 2023 Leaders of the Pack - beds North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum 2023 Top Performer Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden 2023 Top Performer Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield 2023 Top Performer University of Minnesota - Morris 2023 Perfect Score University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale 2 More colors
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