Morning Glory Flower Florida
Also known as the blue dawn flower this plant has lush velvet like leaves and trumpet shaped flowers that are 3 4 inches in width in the morning the petals are bright blue and during the day they change to purplish pink.
Morning glory flower florida. It is said that morning glory flowers were first known in china because of its medicinal uses. Morning glories need mesic soils and full solar exposure throughout the day. Once planted you usually have them from then on. Frost will kill them back but like i said they reseed themselves.
Morning glories are considered fast growing vines but they can take a long time to flower august in the north if not grown under ideal circumstances. 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. Do not pull morning glory weeds up from the roots. An unopened spiral bud of a morning glory flower ipomoea purpurea blue star cultivar ipomoea tricolor photographed in haverhill massachusetts morning glory also written as morning glory 1 is the common name for over 1 000 species of flowering plants in the family convolvulaceae whose current taxonomy and systematics are in flux.
In 9 th century japanese introduced it as an ornamental flower because of its beautiful colors and shapes. Annual perennial in zones 9 11 or areas over 45 f height spread. It has laxative properties in its seeds. Types blue morning glory ipomoea indica.
Beach morning glory is a trailing evergreen vine with showy white flowers. Pinch the heads off of any morning glories peeking out of the soil to prevent the sun from providing the majority of the energy that feeds into the plant. A trellised morning glory usually has hundreds of seeds waiting to fall to the soil below and germinate the following spring. 6 to 10 feet tall 3 to 6 feet wide exposure.
Common morning glory ipomoea purpurea. Mine come back from the roots also. In florida early spring is best for planting february or march. Plant in the place you plan to grow them.
A great climber the blue morning glory is the winner of several international flower awards and does best in well drained soil. 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. The family name convolvulaceae comes from the greek convolvere which means to wind referring to the winding nature of the stems the species epithet sagittata is latin for arrow shaped and refers to the. It occurs naturally on coastal dunes where it is an important sand stabilizer.
Like other members of the ipomoea genus saltmarsh morning glory blooms in the morning and begins to wilt and close up by afternoon hence the common name morning glory. It typically blooms in summer and fall but may bloom year round. Year round in tropics color. 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.