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 ...

Grow Your Own Sweet Potato Vines » Highlights from show: Native Flowers Marilyn from Simpsonville, Kentucky is a Bee Keeper that has a farm, but is down to just 5 acres now. With one-half of the acre ...

Q. Can you start ornamental sweet potato plants from the tuber? I tried once, and it rotted. — Sharon M., Tulsa. These decorative vines are very popular. They are both attractive and very easy to grow ...

Sweet potatoes are easy to grow—you just need a little patience. Growing sweet potatoes at home is easy and rewarding, yielding a delicious crop with minimal care. Start slips from healthy potatoes, ...

Q: What’s happening to this sweet potato vine? One of our sweet potato tubers developed a bud and I planted it. Any ideas to help the plant? A: Congratulations on starting a sweet potato vine! Over ...

Did you know scientist George Washington Carver was instrumental in creating new markets for farmers by discovering hundreds of uses for pecans, sweet potatoes and soybeans? Using a few materials from ...

I grew Margarita ornamental sweet potato vines this year for the first time. I know that these plants will freeze over the winter. I don't know whether to pull it all out or cut it off leaving roots.

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 ...

Fall has arrived and so have the chores associated with the season. The prunes have been picked and dried, the tomatoes are in the drier as I write, the apple butter is in the cupboard, jam and jelly ...

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 ...