FoliageSweet Potato Vine
Ipomoea batatas
Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 9-11, that matures to about 0.5-1 ft × 8-10 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect pink blooms in spring and summer. It attracts pollinators and bees, stands up well to drought and dry soil.
- USDA zones
- 9-11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 0.5-1 ft × 8-10 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry, Occasionally-wet
- Bloom color
- Pink
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Pollinators, Bees
- Tough against
- Drought, Dry soil
- Native to
- Mexico
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Sweet Potato Vine is hardy to about 20°F (estimated from USDA zone 9), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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