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Sweet Potato Vine - Blackie
This ornamental plant provides color and interest like no other plant. The Sweet Potato Vine Blackie, 'Ipomoea batatas', a Proven Winners selection, has a trailing habit and dark red/purple leaves that are shaped like a bird's footprint. For zones 10-11, this plant can also be a perennial. They grow best when provided with a high light location and relatively warm temperatures. Blackie looks nice planted with lighter foliaged plants. They are grown for their distinctive foliage and vigorous growth habit. Ornamental Sweet Potato Vines can be used as an annual groundcover or in hanging baskets and pots. ... more information
Geranium - Stardom Natalie Over fertilization results in excessive foliage and few flowers. Plant in ordinary well-drained soil. Stardom geraniums, also known as floribundas, have double flowers which emerge early, and they produce many more flowers than zonal geraniums on spreading branches. The Geranium Stardom Natalie, 'Pelargonium x hybrids', exhibits beautiful deep lavender flowers. Geraniums are one of your best choices for use in hanging baskets. Pinching of the shoots will promote bushiness Remove spent flowers to enhance flowering. Stardom geraniums are self-branching, requiring no pinching or growth regulators. Fertilize lightly every 2 weeks. One of the best kept secrets about Stardom geraniums is their garden performance as a groundcover in the landscape setting. |
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