Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Heart Light Green'
A tender, trailing evergreen perennial, normally grown as an annual, to around 25cm in height with heart-shaped, lobed golden-green foliage. Grown as an ornamental for its foliage, it works well in hanging baskets, patio pots and window boxes or covering a trellis to add colour and texture
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Grow in a peat-free multipurpose compost in containers, or in the open, in a rich well-drained soil in sun or part shade
Propagate by seed, or by softwood or semi-ripe cuttings. Edible cultivars are grown from slips (rooted shoots from a tuber). These can be potted and grown indoors in spring and planted out once there is no risk of frost
No pruning required
May be susceptible to glasshouse whitefly and glasshouse red spider mite if grown in a conservatory or greenhouse
May be susceptible to a virus and powdery mildews