Illusion Midnight Lace Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas 'Illusion Midnight Lace')
eye-poe-MEE-ah bah-TAH-tass 'Illusion Midnight Lace'

(usually grown as an annual near you)
 

About Sweet Potato Vine

While we wouldn’t recommend eating this particular member of the Sweet Potato fam, Sweet Potato Vine can bring a deliciously tropical feel to your garden and comes in a huge range of colors, shapes and textures.

This vigorous annual ornamental vine is most commonly used as a “spiller” trailing accent in a container or planted to trail over a low wall or in a window box.

She can be found in colors including deep burgundy, purple, and nearly black to chartreuse, light green, and a pale pink, green and white tricolor.

Her leaf shape can vary from heart-shaped to lobed to lacy adding a unique texture to plantings.

Pros

High-impact trailing accent

Huge variety of colors, shapes and textures

Newer varieties are disease-resistant

Drought-tolerant

Cons

Sensitive to rot issues

Needs full sun to bring out richest foliage colors
 

Plant Data

Tags Annual in Chicago, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Pollinators, Edibles, Grown For Attractive Foliage, Shade Tolerant, Spillers, Tender Perennial, Vine
Foliage Color

Photos of This with...

Illusion Midnight Lace Sweet Potato, Angelface Blue Summer Snapdragon, Superbells Dreamsicle Calibrachoa, Snow Princess Sweet Alyssum, Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia, Supertunia Vista Bubblegum Petunia, Japanese Maple, Angelface Blue Improved Summer Snapdragon, Heart to Heart Blushing Bride Elephant Ear, Miss Lilac Superbells Million Bells, Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Tangerine Punch Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Toffee Twist Bronze Curly Sedge, Flambe Yellow Strawflower, Senorita Rosalita Spider Flower, Graceful Grasses Baby Tut Umbrella Grass, King Tut Papyrus, Diamond Frost Spurge, White Licorice, Tuscan Sun Ox-Eye Daisy, Dolce Wildberry Coralbells, Autumn Frost Hosta, Illusions Garnet Lace Sweet Potato, Fiber Optic Grass, Boldly Dark Red Geranium, Timeless Pink Geranium, Fireworks Variegated Red Fountain Grass, Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass, Supertunia Latte Petunia, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Supertunia Vista Silverberry, ColorBlaze Apple Brandy Coleus, ColorBlaze Dipt in Wine Coleus, ColorBlaze Lime Time Coleus, ColorBlaze Rediculous Coleus, ColorBlaze Torchlight Coleus, Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus, Snowstorm Blue Bacopa, Snowstorm Pink Bacopa, Coconut A-Peel Black-Eyed Susan Vine, Catalina Gilded Grape Wishbone Flower, Summer Wave Large Violet Wishbone Flower, Superbena Royale Chambray Verbena, Superbena Violet Ice Verbena,
 
Want More photos of this plant? Try Google Image Search!
 


Pricing and Availability History

Click a label to toggle visibility for that size

© North Shore Plant Club 2024. Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions.

Limited Availability

We try very hard to source exactly what you’d like, but sometimes growers run out of plants! While this variety is a great deal at the price shown, we know that it has limited availability. If you want the plant even if it might be more expensive, or in a different size or quantity -- after you place your order, just send us a quick note at help@northshoreplantclub.com. Then, we’ll try to get you some version of this from one of our growers. And if we can’t get it from anywhere, of course, we’ll send a refund!


Field-Grown vs. Greenhouse-Grown Plants

Plants which are well-adapted to our local climate are most often field-grown (outside). Field-grown plants are generally cheaper and have the advantage of already somewhat acclimated to our cold winters, but that means they’re not artificially far along in the spring and tend to bloom at the normal time in our area.

Spring annuals and tender perennials are typically grown in Greenhouses so they can be ready and luxurious exactly when customers want them. Some perennials are also “forced” into early bloom in greenhouses. In May, there can be a very big difference between field-grown and greenhouse-grown plants of the same type. The latter typically look good right away (so they’re a great choice where that’s important), but we typically pay a premium for it.


Benefits of Membership

Want a better way to get great plants and make your yard look awesome? Create your account below and get:

  • The best plants… from the same sources the pros use, but at near wholesale prices
  • More plants in more sizes than anywhere else… whether you’re looking for classics or rarities; annuals, perennials or shrubs; one plant or a whole yardful!
  • "No Contact" delivery or easy pick-up at a site near you without fighting the retail crowds. You choose!

Membership is free, but — since we rely on delivery and local pick-up — you have to live near one of our hubs (or be willing to drive to a site to pick them up). If you live farther away, and would like to help us bring the club to your neighbors, please email helpusgrow@northshoreplantclub.com.

Already a member?

Login

About Ordering From The Plant Club

To secure the best prices for club members and make sure we know the current plants available from each nursery, we take orders only a couple of times a month.

Shoot us an email at help@northshoreplantclub.com, and we'll be happy to talk about plants or let you know when it's time to buy them!


No Pricing or Availability Right Now

We order from a rotating cast of the best nurseries in the Great Lakes region. It looks like we've offered this plant in the past, but the nurseries we're working with this week don't appear to have it in stock at the moment.

Our goal is to bring as many plants together under "one roof" as possible, so we'll try hard to make it available again in the future!