SolarPower™ Black Sweet Potato Vine

SolarPower™ Black is an ornamental sweet potato vine marketed under Ball FloraPlant’s SolarPower trade name, with the formal cultivar denomination ‘Balsolablim’. The patent describes dark purple foliage and a moderately vigorous, mounded-to-trailing habit, while Ball calls the product medium-mounded. Ball lists 10–12 inches high by 24–36 inches wide and partial sun or sun exposure in its [product profile](https://www.ballfloraplant.com/Products/Details/?phid=060207257000573). ## Form and Use Ball recommends the selection for mixed containers, landscapes, and 10–12 inch hanging baskets. It describes the SolarPower group as dense and tidy, holding shape and color through summer. The [US Plant Patent 29,512](https://patents.google.com/patent/USPP29512P2/en) confirms the Balsolablim denomination and distinguishes it from older SolarPower Black ‘Balsolablack’ (US Plant Patent 26,528). ## Light and Soil The product profile lists partial sun or sun. For sweet potato vine generally, [NC State Extension](https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/ipomoea-batatas/) recommends full sun or partial shade and loamy, well-drained soil with organic matter. ## Maintenance Protect the plant from frost; NC State Extension identifies sweet potato vine as frost-sensitive. In colder climates, grow it seasonally or move containers under cover before frost.