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Orders placed after Sunday 3rd December will be dispatched on or after 8th January 2023. 

Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Purple'

Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Purple'
Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Purple'
Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Purple'
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Trailing foliage plant with striking, black, finger-shaped leaves. Pale mauve flowers may be produced in long summers but the foliage is the main attraction. Can be used in summer hanging baskets or grown as a houseplant. Dies right back to a tuber in winter. Trim back anytime if it gets leggy. Water freely when in leaf but reduce watering when it dies back over winter.

(This a ornamental form of sweet potato, bred for foliage colour and the tubers don't have the crop yield or flavour of the commercial/ agricultural sweet potato.)

Common Name: Sweet Potato
Plant Family: Convolvulaceae
Plant Type: Tender Perennial
POT SIZE/QUANTITY
9 cm pots
Season of Interest
Spring to autumn
Sun or Shade
Sun
Height
very low (less than 1ft)
Minimum temperature
very tender - minimum plus 10 to 15 deg. C.
Position/Situation
Summer Patio
Planting Style
sub tropical bed out
Suggested Use
Houseplant
Leaf Colour
Black
Habit/Shape
Trailing
Evergreen
No
Pot Sizes

Unless otherwise indicated our plants are supplied in the following pot sizes according to category. Dimensions refer to either the pot diameter (cm) or volume (litre);

  • Exotics/Conservatory & House Plants, Succulents: mostly as young plants in 9cm (approx. 0.5 litre)  or 1 litre pots
  • Hardy Perennials, Ferns and Grasses: 1 litre (approx. 12cm diameter)
  • Hardy Shrubs and Climbers: 1.5 or 2 litre 

The exact size of plants will vary with the growing season and may be cut back in accordance with normal pruning regimes or to fit in the box if they are excessively tall.

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Delivery Info
Region Order Value Carriage Charge Carrier Service Estimated Delivery from placing your order
UK (excluding N. Ireland) Hardy perennials bare rooted and 9 cm pots - up to 20 kg £6 - 8.50 Courier 2 - 5 days Up to 18 days
UK (excluding N. Ireland) Light weight small parcel up to 2 kg (up to 5 plants in 9 cm pots) £6 Royal Mail 1-2 Days (tracked) Up to 15 days
UK Mainland Orders over 2 kg £9.50 Courier 1-2 Days (tracked) Up to 15 days
Seeds & Cuttings only All orders £2 Royal Mail 1st Class Within 1 week

Local Delivery: Postcodes IP1 to IP8 & CO10

Orders over £35 FREE Our vehicles Within 1 week

Collect from Nursery (IP7 6LZ)

All orders FREE  

1-3 days (we will contact you)

Scottish Highlands
& Isle of Wight

Orders over 2 kg 

£10 - £20** Courier 2-5 working days (tracked)

Up to 18 days

Scottish Offshore Islands

Orders over 2 kg

£10 - £25** Courier 2-5 working days (tracked)

Up to 18 days

 

See our delivery information page for more details