(Busy Lizzy, Impatiens, Tioga® Impatiens)

Good old busy lizzy is a shade-loving bedding plant that everyone knows and loves. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously if conditions are favorable and has fleshy, tender stems and leaves that quickly wilt when water is lacking and perk up just as fast when it’s available.

Busy lizzy is bushy and upright with lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that come...

(Busy Lizzy, Impatiens, Tioga® White Impatiens)

Good old busy lizzy is a shade-loving bedding plant that everyone knows and loves. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously if conditions are favorable and has fleshy, tender stems and leaves that quickly wilt when water is lacking and perk up just as fast when it’s available.

Busy lizzy is bushy and upright with lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that come...

(Busy Lizzy, Impatiens, Voodoo Mix Impatiens)

Good old busy lizzy is a shade-loving bedding plant that everyone knows and loves. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously if conditions are favorable and has fleshy, tender stems and leaves that quickly wilt when water is lacking and perk up just as fast when it’s available.

Busy lizzy is bushy and upright with lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that come...

(Hairy Indigo, Roughhairy Indigo)

Popular as a forage and green manure crop, this large bushy annual or short-lived perennial from Africa, southern Asia, and northern Australia is grown or naturalized throughout much of the tropics and subtropics.

The branching, erect or spreading stems of this vigorous plant bear pinnately compound leaves with 5 to 11 hairy, elliptical leaflets. Older stems are stout and woody. Long crowded spike-like racemes of rose-red to orange-red flowers arise from the stem tips and leaf axils from...

(Evening Glory, Moonflower)

Moonflower is a heat-loving, tropical perennial vine that produces large, fragrant flowers that open in the evening, hence the common name, moonflower. Originally from the American tropics, this plant comfortably grows across the world's equatorial regions, though it is also easily grown as a tender perennial in temperate regions.

The vines climb by twining stems and are covered with large, green, heart-shaped leaves. These give way to huge white funnel-shaped flowers with butter yellow throats;...

(Swamp Cabbage, Swamp Morning Glory, Water Spinach)

An aggressively spreading, floating aquatic vine, swamp morning glory's leaves are rich in iron and its lavender-kissed white flowers are alluring. A tender perennial vine that spreads rapidly across the freshwater surface, it is native to India and is considered an invasive pest in many regions including the southern United States, Hawaii, and the Philippines. The use of the foliage as an edible vegetable (water spinach) in many Southeast Asian cuisines is promoting the deleterious introduction...

(Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine)

This is one of those rare plants that's grown as a tasty vegetable and a pretty ornamental. Sweet potato vine is a vigorous, herbaceous, trailing vine that is native to Central America and the Pacific Islands. It offers sweet edible tubers, or sweet potatoes, and attractive foliage.

Ornamental selections have leaves that are heart-shaped or deeply lobed. These vary in color from chartreuse, to bronze or purple and can be variegated, depending on the cultivar. The flowers are funnel-shaped...

(Ace of Spades Sweet Potato Vine, Sweet Potato Vine)

Ace of Spades sweetpotato vine is a vigorous, herbaceous, trailing vine that originates from Central and northern South America. This ornamental selection has heart-shaped leaves of purple and occasionally produces funnel-shaped flowers of purple. New foliage is often green when it emerges.

This heat-loving plant does well when grown in fertile well drained soil and full to part sun. It makes a great addition to containers, hanging baskets and mixed borders. In warmer zones this grows as an evergreen...

(Black Heart Sweet Potato Vine, Sweet Potato Vine)

The dark heart-shaped foliage of this popular trailing sweet potato vine contrasts well with many flowering bedding plants. It is a super foliage plant for containers, annual borders and hanging baskets.

This tender perennial is borne from edible fleshy tuberous roots. It is a vigorous, herbaceous, vine that originates from Central and norhern South America. It’s admired for its heart-shaped leaves of dark green to purple-black that appear along long trailing stems. Occasionally in summer...

(Blackie Sweet Potato Vine, Sweet Potato Vine)

The dark deeply lobed foliage of this popular trailing sweet potato vine contrasts well with many flowering bedding plants. It is a super foliage plant for containers, annual borders and hanging baskets.

This tender perennial is borne from edible fleshy tuberous roots. It is a vigorous, herbaceous, vine that originates from Central and northern South America. It’s admired for its five-lobed leaves of dark purple-black to dark green that appear along long trailing stems. Occasionally in summer...