Morning Glory Flower Bush

Morning glory look spectacular twinning through other plants in a mixed border.

Morning glory flower bush. Common morning glory ipomoea purpurea. The bush morning glory plant convolvulus cneorum is a beautiful silvery foliaged shrub that comes from the mediterranean region of europe. The sulfur in the morning glory s juice served to vulcanize the rubber a process predating. Ancient mesoamerican civilizations used the morning glory species ipomoea alba to convert the latex from the castilla elastica tree and also the guayule plant to produce bouncing rubber balls.

Other than providing them with water the main thing to remember is what not to do. The lacy foliage makes a great backdrop for shorter plants as well. The simple daisylike flowers appear in cheery shades on tall stems that are great for cutting. You can depend on this cottage garden favorite to fill your garden with color all season long.

In a good year morning glory make a super annual climbing plant with trumpets of flowers. Morning glory was first known in china for its medicinal uses due to the laxative properties of its seeds. Year round in tropics color. It has a neat dense round shape and grows 2 to 4 tall by 2 to 4 wide 61 cm.

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. Plant bush morning glory with. 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. Fertilizing with a high nitrogen fertilizer will cause your plants to grow mostly leaves and produce few flowers.

Plant database entry for bush morning glory ipomoea carnea with 48 images 2 comments and 30 data details. Morning glory vines are usually thicker than bindweed s vines and may have small hairs. Nitrogen is the first number in the npk sequence on the label of a fertilizer bag. Morning glory flowers are trumpet shaped in shades of pink white magenta purple blue and bi colors the buds are twirled up tightly and unfold when the sun hits them in the morning.

The long vines have bright green heart shaped leaves and slender tendrils that cling to supports and just about anything else they encounter. Morning glory vines do not need much care. Cosmos often self seeds in the garden so you may only. Ipomoea are not an easy plant to grow but every year i try with mixed results depending on the season.

6 to 10 feet tall 3 to 6 feet wide exposure.