Morning Glory Flower Blue
Common morning glory ipomoea purpurea.
Morning glory flower blue. These are actually the familiar fragrant moon flowers found in many gardens. You can encourage earlier blooming by starting morning glory plants inside from seed in peat pots filled with potting mix then transplanting them outside after all danger of frost has passed. Pink morning glory flower. Full sun bloom time.
It is an herbaceous annual or perennial twining liana growing to 2 4 m 7 13 ft tall. Opening in the morning to reveal their white and yellow throats the flowers 3 5 in. It is a climbing annual herb which has three pointed leaves that are 3 cm to 8 cm long. This is the most common type of blue morning glory flower.
Direct sow seeds in average soil in full sun two weeks after danger of frost has passed. Morning glory seed has a hard seed coat. Some can be eight inches across. Choose a location next to a support for the vines to climb.
Morning glory is a vigorous vine. Field bindweed flowers only occur in either pink or white whereas annual morning glory flowers may be pink white magenta blue purple or red and are much larger than those of the bindweed. 8 13 cm close in the afternoon hence the common name. Purple flower with white throat trumpet shaped purple flowers open in the morning and close in the afternoon which is what gives morning glories their common name.
6 to 10 feet tall 3 to 6 feet wide exposure. In the victorian language of flowers morning glory represents love in vain. Morning glory vines are usually thicker than bindweed s vines and may have small hairs. The color meaning of white symbolizes purity in the the morning glory while red symbolizes a strong heart.
Morning glory flowers can be found in blue purple red white and yellow and variations of these colors. Morning glory flowers have short life span so sometimes it can be associated with the fleeting nature of love. To aid germination nick or cut the seed coat with a nail file and soak the seed overnight. Morning glory produces new flowers daily and blooms.
It is a very beautiful flower in shade of purplish blue with a white purple center. Ipomoea aquatica known as water spinach water morning glory water convolvulus ong choy kang kung or swamp cabbage is popularly used as a green vegetable especially in east and southeast asian cuisines in the usa ipomoea aquatica is a federal noxious weed and can be illegal to grow import possess or sell without a permit however a market exists for the plant s powerful culinary. Year round in tropics color. A highly popular variety of morning glory award winning ipomoea tricolor heavenly blue is a lovely annual vine with large heart shaped leaves and vibrant azure blue trumpet shaped flowers.
But as it also gives birth to new flowers in the morning it also signifies renewable nature of affection. The leaves are spirally arranged 3 7 cm 1 to 3 long with a 1 5 6 cm to 2 long.