I love the picture--so whimsical. But, where are the moonflowers?

The moonfowers are in various parts of the yard with other 4 o'clock, but not under the tree.

When I look at the leaves of my mutant morning glory plants, I find my mind and soul are at peace with the world, momentarily. It is a wonderful effect.

I think the leaf of this particular mutant morning glory looks a bit like a lily pad.

I got this morning glory from a neighbor of mine. She says its an old Texas heirloom from her mothers neighbor.

Hi Gerris2. I've enjoyed looking at your pictures, the blooms are lovely and I can't believe you can grow and flower them indoors throughout the winter - but the winters I experience up here in zone 3 Canada are a good 6 months, with an added 2-3 months of weather that is too cool to set plants out in.

I am asking you for recommendations for what morning glories I can try up here that would grow and give me some bloom time in the 100 days that we are, in general, given by mother nature to garden in (safe and frost free). Some years we'll get more than that, others not. I know I looked into the moonflower once, but when I read it takes 100 days of growing before you'll see blooms, well, I gave up on that one pretty quick. I have a length of chain link fence I'd sure like to give over to morning glories if I can get several weeks of flowers (lots, not just one or two because it is just getting powered up!).

Thanks much, and for taking the time to download photos, helped with the slow cool spring we had, to be able to come and check your thread.

CAST1, you could pass out from seeing such a beautiful flower! Awesome, thanks for sharing it here!

kioni,

Zone 3, oh my that's a short summer season. I would try out any of the varieties of Ipomoea purpurea that are available, such as the one that CAST1 posted just before your post. There are quite a few varieties that make flowers of different colors. The vine grows fairly quickly and it's been my experience that it makes flowers more quickly than Ipomoea nil. Grandpa Ott's morning glory is a standard one. It makes deep purple flowers. There are the flaked ones which have the blue or purple swirly patterns in the flower, and they are quite nice. You can get pink, red and rarely white flowers if you look around. Maybe you can trade for seeds on the seed exchange of GW? eBay is a place where you can buy seeds of some of the less common varieties. Just be careful from whom you make your purchase of seeds. If you would like to email me I can talk to you directly regarding eBay vendors.

The photo I posted on February 20, 2013 is an example of a blue-purple flaked Ipomoea purpurea flower.

This post was edited by gerris2 on Sat, Jun 8, 13 at 14:09

Some of my Ipomoea nil plants are making flowers and I have yet to transfer the plants to their final growing containers. Here is a large flower pink Japanese-developed morning glory variety which made this flower a week or two ago. It does not have a variety name yet. Isn't it breathtakingly beautiful?

Breathtaking is just about the right word. Thanks!

Thank you, flora2. You made my day.

I installed a yellow leaf morning glory (Ipomoea nil) out in my front garden today. It will be growing on a circular trellis for passersby to admire. When in Japan in 2009, I saw many homeowners in Fukuoka and Fukui display their morning glory containers in neat orderly rows in front of their homes. Unfortunately, the letter carrier would not be able to get to our mailbox if I did the same as the Japanese.

Will you post pictures? Please?
I had a terrible problem with damping off this year--of about 20 seeds only 6 made it, don't know if it was our cool spring or what--maybe the fact that I used potting soil as opposed to starting mix?

It is not too late to start seeds, we are in the same heat zone, flora2. I certainly will post photos either here or in the Vines forum. I invite you and other morning glory fans to post here or there. I haven't gotten a note from GW yet for posting a vine topic in this forum, however, technically speaking, Ipomoea nil and I. purpurea are annuals and that has been my focus here.

Here is the cotyledon pair of a morning glory (Ipomoea nil) that should make a large flower and soft blue color, with white margin. It really ought to have lovely variegated leaves too (I can't remember). I grew it indoors over the winter in 2009. I'm excited to grow it again, finally getting around to it.

This is what the parent looked like.

Wow!! is all I can say.

Here's my heirloom variety. Started them from seed in February and for the longest time did nothing but once the days began getting longer they started to take off.

It's hard to see the details of the plant and flower, with the flower being white on the white background, however, it is a happy looking plant for certain. It doesn't make a vine?

I took a better pic, apparently this variety doesn't grow into a vine. The packet of seeds doesn't say how big it gets, the name reads 'Morning Glory Tricolour Ensign Mix'

Royal Ensign doesn't make a vine, that is correct. I like the variety you're growing, nice and bright, and perfect for the display you show in the photo.

I had a new one make some flowers today, Ipomoea nil 'Mountain Stream'. Isn't it fabulous? I couldn't stop taking photos of it this morning.

Few times I have seen something as beautiful--can one get the seeds commercially or it is something that you bred?
By the way, I followed your advise and started a new batch of seeds a few days ago. Hope these do better. Thanks for sharing your photos.

This is the first time I've grown this variety. It's name is 'Mountain Stream'. If you look around for a variety called 'Keiryu', or 'Ukigomo', you will get a flower that is close to this particular plant's flower.

Thank you for your kind comments! I am always happy to meet and share information with other morning glory fans.

I have one last batch of plants to put out in a week or so. I recently received the seeds and could not wait until next summer to see their flowers haha now where to put them, that will be the challenge.

Look at this flower, it is a double flower form of a perennial morning glory, Calystegia pubescens 'Tenshi Botan'. I know it isn't an annual but I wanted to share the image, taken this morning.

I was surprised by these nice blue flowers in my pot this morning. I thought both plants were white but I guess not! They are growing very fast, they already had faded blue blooms from yesterday. I hadn't checked on them since Sunday.

Gerris2: I think I have found a new obsession and it is all your fault :) thanks so much for the picture --that pink flower is perfection.
Will 07: thank you for posting. Your flowers are beautiful.

Wow, Will07, that one is awesome! I love that color combination!

Thanks, flora2, I am guilty as charged. hahaha

Here is the latest one from my garden. What pure joy to grow it!

I thought the flower looked nice in the morning light.

If I didn't know it was a M G I would have thought it was a single peony unfurling--so delicate and beautiful.

If I didn't know it was a M G I would have thought it was a single peony unfurling--so delicate and beautiful.

It does look like a peony variety, flora2. Thank you for your kind comment. :-)

I had an angel visit my morning glory garden last week. It let me get close to take the photo. It was a nice moment. It chose to sun itself on a leaf of my Ipomoea albivenia plant.

This one is not an annual morning glory, but I wanted to show the beauty in this plant group. It is a sterile double flower form of Calystegia pubescens.

I have enjoyed seeing all the photos and reading about everyones morning glory exploits. Didn't plant any seeds this spring but saw a self seeded plant growing in the garden which I will let grow on. Very interesting and beautiful varieties, gerris2.

Is Calystegia P a vine as well? So beautiful.

Yes the last one is a vining plant. The best show of flowers is yet to come, thanks!!

It was rainy today.

The water drops make the flowers look fresh.

Beautiful! Thanks

Beautiful! Thanks

Here's a nice purple one. It's almost black in early morning light.

Wow check this one out, it looks like a fireworks display.

I've run out of adjectives :) thanks for the pics. Love, love the purple one--Grandpa Otts?--wrong spelling?

Thanks Gerris for all your wonderful pictures.

Bob

I'm feeling mortal today, thankfully we are not morning glories.

Here is a nice dark pink flower that is a nice combo with the yellow variegated leaves. It came to me with no variety name. It is definitely a keeper.

This one is still flowering nicely after almost 9 months of life.

I am starting a new thread, this one is getting long and takes too long to load.

Great idea--though it gave us a chance to enjoy your beautiful pictures again :). Thanks!

Is this a Morning Glory? If so, what variety? If not, then what is it?

The bloom is about 3/4" across..

Here is a link that might be useful: Morning Glory Flowers

A google image search on Texas bindweed yields a lot of similar pictures.

ZM

^ Ah thanks! I believe you are correct! :)

Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Bindweed (Convolvulus equitans)