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Ornamental Sweetpotato Cultivars

Explore the diversity of ornamental sweetpotato cultivar foliage below!

Green Cultivars

Ipomoea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline Bewitched Green with Envy’
Developed by the NCSU Sweetpotato Breeding Program.
Credit: Sam Mowery
Ipomoea batatas ‘Medusa Green’
Developed by the NCSU Sweetpotato Breeding Program.
Credit: Sam Mowery
Ipomoea batatas ‘Illusion Series Emerald Lace’
Developed by the NCSU Sweetpotato Breeding Program.
Credit: Sam Mowery

Purple Cultivars

Ipomoea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline Red Hawk’
Developed by the NCSU Sweetpotato Breeding Program.
Credit: Sam Mowery
Ipomoea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline Purple’
Developed by the NCSU Sweetpotato Breeding Program.
Credit: Sam Mowery
Ipomoea batatas ‘Illusion Series Midnight Lace’
Developed by the NCSU Sweetpotato Breeding Program.
Credit: Sam Mowery

Bronze Cultivars

Unnamed Ipomoea batatas cultivar.
Credit: Sam Mowery

Varigated Cultivars

Left: Ipomoea batatas ‘Varigated Sweet Caroline Yellow-Green’
Developed by the NCSU Sweetpotato Breeding Program.

Right: Ipomoea batatas ‘Tricolor Varigated Pink Frost’ (Unpatented)
Credit: Sam Mowery