Each winter, as the temperature falls, the potato vine grows dormant and appears to die off. By November or December, all that is left is a tangle of dead, brown stems and leaves clinging to ...

Ornamental sweet potato vine, as seen in the foreground, will die off in the winter but its tubers will remain to sprout again in spring.

Crystals on sweet potato vine not insects or disease 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 ...

Question of the Week: “I recently pulled out a decorative sweet potato vine as I was cleaning out my planters for the season and found HUGE tubers under the soil. I understand that they are not the ...

Ornamental sweet potato vine, as seen in the foreground, will die off in the winter but its tubers will remain to sprout again in spring. Ted Jackson ...

IN THE GARDEN: Sweet potato vines are prolific growers; root cuttings in soil, not water March 8, 2024 by Janet B. Carson ...

View full size This is a selection of sweet potato vine tubers. If you store your tubers over the winter, be sure to check them for sprouts before planting.

But the potato vine isn’t beautiful to state and national park officials or even to local homeowners who are finding out that the invasive potato vine is rapidly taking over.

Ornamental sweet potato vine, as seen in the foreground, will die off in the winter but its tubers will remain to sprout again in spring.