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Ipomoea sweet heartpurple

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Ipomoea sweet heartpurple

got this for the almost black leaves, just watered so a bit droopy lol



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amy
Amy
 

It has a gorgeous leaf colouring San ....

5 Jun, 2010

 

thanx amy, it was the colour i went for, its perked up now so looks better

5 Jun, 2010

 

beautiful colour

5 Jun, 2010

 

thanx eileen, going to take better pic tomoz when its picked up ;o)

5 Jun, 2010

 

Colour is fantastic Sandra!

5 Jun, 2010

 

Have one of these dark Ipomeas trying to get it to climb and it wont lol

5 Jun, 2010

 

Are these seed grown? I haven't seen them around in my regular haunts.
Dotty - judging by the shape of the leaves these are pretty closely related to the sweet potato. If I'm correct (& I may be wrong), sweet potatos grow best with about 12hrs of daylight, so it may be a thought to give them a more shaded spot. It's just a thought.
DO NOT be tempted to try to eat any of them though, as many members of the Ipomea family are rather POISONOUS!

6 Jun, 2010

 

thanx carole looking nicer today as its perked up ;o))
lol dotty are they ment to climb, i think this is better in pot or ground cover but not a 100% on that ;o))depends on variety

meanie your right they are related to sweet potatoe, i have 3 different ones now but all in pots because can be a thug, thanx for advice, i got them from local nursery ;o))

6 Jun, 2010

 

Ours is in the shade, have grown it inside all winter where it flowered and now it is outside it is just sitting there doing nothing lol

6 Jun, 2010

 

lol dotty, its perked up now and looking nice, but like you will go in through winter,

7 Jun, 2010

 

Yes, I, too, love the colour of those leaves! :-)

8 Jun, 2010

 

cheers david ;o))

8 Jun, 2010



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