Years ago, Grandma grew potatoes in the veggie garden. Potatoes are fun to grow because all the action happens below the surface. The leaves rising above the tubers reveal nothing of what quietly ...

“I recently pulled out a decorative sweet potato vine as I was cleaning out my planters for the season and found HUGE tubers under the soil. I understand that they are not the tastiest kinds of sweet ...

This popular vine can't survive the winter outdoors in most of the U.S., but taking cuttings is as easy as pie and allows you ...

Legend has it that the sweet potato vine sweet-talked its way out of the vegetable garden and into the window boxes of fine Brooklyn brownstones and cozy California cottages. The dark purple blackie ...

A plant enthusiast has revealed how to grow a stunning climbing vine plant in your house using a sweet potato. Brad Canning from Melbourne shared his simple guide to growing a sweet potato plant with ...

Ipomoea batatas, or “Sweet Potato Vine,” as it’s commonly called, is classified as a tuberous perennial but is treated as an annual in our area. Although a bit smaller, this tuberous root is identical ...

Ornamental sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), grown primarily for its purple, chartreuse, or variegated foliage, is a true sweet potato. As such, the tubers it forms are edible. Popular varieties like ...

Anyone who's gardened in containers for long knows the magic formula -- for an effective container, you need a "thriller" (upright, showy plant), "fillers" (mounding plants on the sides), and ...

Sprinkled with salt and pepper and served on the recycled pages of newspapers or magazines, piping hot sweet potato cubes are a delicious treat for students after the last school bell of the day.

* What it is: A close relative of the edible sweet potato, these starchy annual vines are grown for their colorful heart-shaped to elongated leaves, which are primarily golden, bronze, dark purple and ...