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Cuttings of plants such as coleus, sweet potato vine and plectranthus make living bouquets and possibly new plants for next year.

Their woodlands theme box uses bleeding heart, hosta and columbine; an indoor “jungle box” includes monstera and elephant’s ear; and a “Southern belle” box mixes foxglove, snapdragon, sweet potato vines and dusty miller.

Fast-rooting cuttings like coleus and sweet potato vine can be potted up to larger quarters, pinched and shaped to use as your own stock plants, to take more cuttings from in late winter.

And on the under side of the leaf of the potato vine are the bright orange eggs of the potato bug.

The main planting of sweet potato vine sprawls across a large area but consists of only three plants.