Ipomoea Sweet Caroline Medusa Green

Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine

Lush Green Foliage with a Unique Mounded Habit

Bring texture and vibrant color to your garden or container displays with Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green (Ipomoea batatas), an award-winning ornamental sweet potato vine featuring palm-shaped green leaves with subtle purple accents. Unlike traditional trailing sweet potato vines, this cultivar forms a full, mounded habit with overlapping leaves, giving a dramatic, Boston fern–like effect that stands out in both landscapes and containers.

Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green is heat tolerant, vigorous, and low-maintenance, making it perfect for North American gardens. Its bold foliage adds continuous visual interest, requiring minimal trimming or care.

Key Features & Benefits

• Unique palm-shaped green foliage with purple accents

• Mounded habit resembling a Boston fern, ideal for containers and landscapes

• Heat tolerant and low-maintenance; no deadheading required

• Award-winning foliage selection for striking garden interest

• Excellent for containers, mass plantings, groundcover, or landscape accents

Plant Details

• Botanical Name: Ipomoea batatas

• Plant Type: Annual

• Height: 6–12 inches (15–30 cm)

• Spread: 18–30 inches (46–76 cm)

• Trailing/Spreading Habit: Trails up to 30 inches (76 cm)

• Spacing: 12–18 inches (30–46 cm)

• Container Role: Filler

Foliage

• Foliage Color: Green

• Foliage Shade: Green with subtle purple accents

• Bloom Time: Grown for foliage

Growing Requirements

• Light: Full Sun to Part Sun

• Water Needs: Average; requires well-drained soil

• Maintenance: Easy

• Hardiness Zones: 11a–11b

• Best Uses: Container displays, mass plantings, groundcover, landscape accents