Today's topic is sweet potatoes. But hold the marshmallows; these sweet potatoes aren't for the table. For the summer flower garden, however, ornamental sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) make a ...

If you're looking for some stunning fall color in your garden, as well as some much needed shade in the summer, there's one ...

Ever wish you could replicate the beauty of a blue sky? Plant this flowering vine inspired by clear, purplish-blue skies, and you can! The golden center even looks like the shining sun in a blue sky.

Ornamental Vines Cheryl from South Central, Arkansas heard another callers’ question about an alternative ornamental plant to poison ivy. The caller liked how the berries from the poison ivy attracted ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In addition to bringing a sort of tamed wildness to your outdoor rooms and spaces, flowering vines pull ...

No other group of plants can quite duplicate what vines do for us in the landscape. Trellised vines can create a vertical display of foliage and flowers, a great way to save space in small gardens. A ...

Mississippi State University's Truck Crops Branch Experiment Station has several sweet potato vines growing in trial gardens. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Gary Bachman) When it's hot in the summer ...

If you’re looking for something for your landscape that you’ve never tried, may I suggest flowering vines. Many gardeners enjoy these plants but don’t really give them enough attention except when ...

This video shows how growing ornamental plants in the garden can be beneficial for food crops by firstly outlining how they ...

As you look at beautiful flowering plants buzzing with pollinators, it can be hard to imagine that some of them could be ...