Photo of Ornamental Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie') uploaded by Gerris2

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Location: Tucson, Arizona
Date: October 6, 2011
Sweet potato vine

Date: 2011-10-06
Location: Outside corner of dog's pen. Full sun all day.
Date: 2012-0903

Date: 2011-10-06
Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: 2020-07-28
Loves hot weather
Location: Zone 9 my patio
Date: 2020-05-16
May 16, 2020
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: August 5 2021
Skipper nearly buried in the bloom!
Location: Hanging basket on my zone 9 patio
Date: 2019-08-14
Seeds from amybabyboy3 Dec. 2018 DND swap
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-06-24
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Outside corner of dog's pen. Full sun all day.
Date: 2012-0817
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-05-08
Location: IL
Date: 2005-08-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-14

Date: 2021-09-19
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2010-07-09
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2/28/2021
4 year old tuber - I found it coiled this way at the bottom of th
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2/28/2021
4 year old tuber - I found it coiled this way at the bottom of th
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-05-14
Over wintered in a pot of Gloriosa stored in basement.
Location: Outside corner of dog's pen. Full sun all day.
Date: 2012-0817 at 11:00 AM
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2015-12-12
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-03
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-25-19
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-16-19
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-04
Photo by Hamwild
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-10-16
Location: My house
Date: October 2021
Cutting flowering in water.
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-03-13
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-01-01
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-05-02
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-16

Date: 2014-03-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-08-19
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-06-17
The blooms are mostly hidden under the leaves
Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada
Date: 2013-08-07
2013 only year to have bloomed so far - ANNUAL in northern garden
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-07-29
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2015-08-07
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-10-03
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Cooks Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-03-26
Location: New York City Area
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2015-04-20
Location: Nita's garden 
Date: 2015-11-13
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2017-12-05
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2017-12-05
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-09-20

Date: 2014-03-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-07-01
note the nest
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2/28/2021
4 year old tuber - I found it coiled this way at the bottom of th
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-03-24
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2015-11-22
Sweet Potato Vine, Blackie in combo pot
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Hypocotyl view
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Young leaf before color change to darkness
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: December 2015
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-08-01
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2011-11-18
after frost kills the vines, the tubers can be dug and carried ov
Location: Outside corner of dog's pen. Full sun all day.
Date: 2014-09-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-10-18
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-07-23
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-07-23
Location: Cooks Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-03-26
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Seed grown plant
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-03
immature leaf
Location:  Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-01-01
Unusual cotyledons - looks like 3 pairs of lobes
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA

Date: 2014-03-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-10-20
Seed quite similar to it's relative, the morning glory,
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: Sep 28, 2011 10:18 AM
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: Sep 28, 2011 10:39 AM
Difficult to photograph the entire plant - it goes down and aroun
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-01-27
New growth is light green, changing to darker hue with age.
Location: home
Date: 2012-02-04
tubers can be dug and rooted over winter for spring planting
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: Sep 28, 2011 10:19 AM

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