You can grow sweet potatoes indoors, provided you choose the right varieties. Experts recommend only planting slips indoors. Sweet potatoes need lots of sun, so make sure to place them in a sunny ...

It's not the first crop you'd expect to thrive indoors, but with the right setup, sweet potato plants can bring homegrown ...

It's nearly time to lift the sweet potato vine ( Ipomoea batatas ). This tuberous-rooted tropical perennial is borderline-hardy to Zone 7 and generally needs to be overwintered indoors. Here are some ...

Q: This fall, for the second year in a row, I've brought my sweet potato vines indoors, and just like last winter they now have some very strange white stuff growing on several leaves. Do you have any ...

You can always tell a diehard gardener. When the first frost of fall is forecast, they’re outside in the dark with a flashlight, covering tomato plants with old bed ...

Can a sweet potato plant be grown indoors as a houseplant? Yes, and here's how. When you purchase your sweet potato, choose one that shows signs of life such as roots or buds. About one-third down ...

Ornamental sweet potato vines seem to be everywhere: I’ve seen them spilling out of planters at the entrances of posh New York City restaurants as well as carpeting patches of ground in Central ...

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.

For the summer flower garden, ornamental sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) make a beautiful, dependable addition. They thrive in the intense heat of our summers, and May through August is the perfect ...