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Trimming Potato Vine: No Harm, Newer Varieties Less Aggressive

Ornamental sweet potato vine can be trimmed freely. Older varieties are very vigorous; newer series (Sweet Caroline, Illusion, 'Carolina Purple') are more restrained.

About Gardening: Identifying Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Varieties: 'Blackie', 'Chartreuse', and Propagation; Air Potato Vine (Dioscorea bulbifera): Source and Caution; Reviving Stagnant Potato Vine (Solanum jasminoides) in Texas; Sweet Potato Vine: Pruning for Bushiness & Propagating New Plants; Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas): Colorful, Fast-Growing Annual Foliage; Potato Vine (Solanum laxum): Jasmine Nightshade for Trellises; Sweet Potato Vine 'Margarita': Vibrant Chartreuse Foliage for Containers and Groundcover; Variegated Potato Vine: Evergreen Twiner with White-Blue Flowers; Cooking Air Potato Bulblets: A Tasty Way to Control an Invasive Vine; Identifying and Controlling Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera), an Invasive Yam

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