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I chop it all back maybe three times a year and find the random sweet potatoes at various stages of ripeness. After a hard frost a sweet potato vine Ipomoea batatas usually look like something the cat left out in the rain limp rotten and dead but as long as the roots survive it will come back in the. Allow the vines to die back naturally.
It has long tendrils that tumble over the edges and down the sides of containers.
This beautiful fast-growing herbaceous perennial is native to North America and best planted in the spring once temperatures consistently stay about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Yep I use sweet potato as perennial ground cover. Allow the vines to die back naturally. Deep Purple with its purple black narrow leaves is a real eye-catcher as a single plant in a decorative pot or an attraction on balconies or patios.
