Companion plants for Sweet Potato Vine
Sweet Potato Vine is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming alongside
Boxwood
Shares full sun and moderate water; taller at 4 ft, for the layer behind it; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Sneezeweed
Shares full sun and moderate water; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Perennial Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; stands well above at 5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Joe Pye Weed
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; stands well above at 6 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Feather Reed Grass
Shares full sun and moderate water; stands well above at 5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Fountain Grass
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Gardenia
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; taller at 4 ft, for the layer behind it; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.