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Ipomoea Solar Power Black Heart

Common name: Black Heart' Sweet Potato Vine

The sweet potatoes will swell and ripen under the main stem during the summer months ready to be harvested with the first frosts in the autumn

5 to 10°C

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Ipomoea 'Solar Power Black Heart'Ipomoea 'Solar Power Black Heart' brings a dramatic and elegant touch to summer containers with its heart-shaped, almost black ornamental foliage. A relative of the Sweet Potato from south-east Asia, Ipomoea is a vine plant grown for its spectacular leaf shape, colouring, and foliage density rather than the tuber it produces underground.Plant at the edge of hanging baskets, pots, and as groundcover in your borders to add lush texture and soften lines. Makes an excellent container companion to annuals such as Petunias, Heliotropium, and wispy ornamental grasses.Very heat tolerant, thriving best in full sun or part shade in fertile, well-drained soil. H&S: 30cm x 70cm.Feed with liquid fertiliser once a month and keep well-watered during hot or dry spells of weather for healthy leaves from spring until autumn.
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Key Information
Latin Name Ipomoea Solar Power Black Heart YP
Common Name Black Heart' Sweet Potato Vine
Hardiness H1c (5 to 10°C)
Format Young Plants
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage Deciduous
Height in Maturity (m) 0.30 m
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.90
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam Sand
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Aspect East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Drought Tolerant Yes
Good for pots Yes
Good for hanging baskets Yes
Good for groundcover Yes

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