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Ipomoea ‘Solar Power Lime Heart’Lime green ivy-shaped foliage smothers ‘Solar Power Lime Heart’ from spring until late autumn, bringing texture and zest to your summer containers and borders. A relative of the Sweet Potato, Ipomoea is a bushy vine grown for its dense colourful foliage, rather than the tuber it produces underground.Plant to tumble over the sides of your hanging baskets, window boxes, or pots adding months of interest. Can also be grown as groundcover to soften edges with lush greenery. H&S: 30cm x 70cm.Makes an excellent container or bedding companion to summer flowering annuals such as Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, Lantana, and Petunias.Very heat tolerant – thrives in full sun or part shade in fertile, well-drained soil. Keep watered during warm, dry spells of weather and feed with liquid fertiliser once a month to keep the foliage healthy.Ipomoea ‘Solar Power Lime Heart’ is a tender perennial usually grown as an annual in the UK.
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Key Information
| Latin Name | Ipomoea Solar Power Lime Heart YP |
|---|---|
| Common Name | Lime Heart’ Sweet Potato Vine |
| Hardiness | H1c (5 to 10°C) |
| Format | Young Plants |
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun |
| Foliage | Deciduous |
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.30 m |
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.90 |
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Clay Loam Sand |
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral |
| Aspect | East-facing, South-facing, West-facing |
| Drought Tolerant | Yes |
| Good for pots | Yes |
| Good for hanging baskets | Yes |
| Good for groundcover | Yes |
