Tricolor
Ipomoea batatas 'Tricolor'
Tricolor is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long.
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Growing Tricolor
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 9–11. Expect it to reach about 8 in tall and 2.6 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year.
When to plant Tricolor
Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Tricolor into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar: for the middle of its range, start with zone 9 in February.
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