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Ipomoea 'Sweet Caroline Green' (Sweet Caroline Series)

A tender, tuberous trailing evergreen perennial, with stems to around 30cm; it is normally grown as an annual. Leaves are heart-shaped to three-lobed and bright, but light green. Grown for its foliage

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Ultimate height

0.1–0.5 metres

Time to ultimate height

1–2 years

Ultimate spread

0.1–0.5 metres

Chalk

Sand

Loam

Moisture

Moist but well–drained, Well–drained

pH

Acid, Neutral, Alkaline

	Stem	Flower	Foliage	Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Full sun
Partial shade

Aspect

South–facing or West–facing or North–facing

Exposure

Sheltered

Hardiness
Hardiness ratings
All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets
H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)

H1C

Botanical details

Family: Convolvulaceae
Native to GB / Ireland: No
Foliage: Evergreen
Habit: Trailing, Bushy
Potentially harmful: Harmful if eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling. Pets: Harmful if eaten. For further information and contact numbers regarding pets, see the HTA guide to potentially harmful plants
Genus: Ipomoea can be annuals or perennials, often twining, or evergreen shrubs, with simple, lobed or dissected leaves and tubular or funnel-shaped flowers which may be solitary or borne in racemes or panicles
Name status: Unresolved

How to grow

Cultivation

Grow in a peat-free multipurpose compost in containers, or in the open, in a rich well-drained soil in sun or part shade

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings or from 'slips' - long shoots removed from the tubers

Suggested planting locations and garden types

City and courtyard gardens
hanging basket
Cottage and informal garden
Patio and container plants
Sub-tropical
Bedding
Conservatory and greenhouse
Flower borders and beds
Garden edging
Ground cover

Pruning

No pruning required

Pests

May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite and glasshouse whitefly

Diseases

Generally disease-free

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