Morning Glory Flower Garden
Common morning glory ipomoea purpurea.
Morning glory flower garden. 6 to 10 feet tall 3 to 6 feet wide exposure. Morning glory is one of my favorite plants to grow because it is almost impossible to kill. The blooms are unique because they will bloom every morning when the sun rises but by the end of the day the blooms will close up. They have beautiful blooms in pink blue magenta or white that attract pollinators like hummingbirds and bees.
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. Jul 29 2016 explore adebayo adejare s board morning glory on pinterest. Here are some of the most important morning glory pros to inspire you to add this pretty flower to your garden. Morning glories can grow up trellises or railings making a beautiful functional and cooling addition to your garden.
Do not pull morning glory weeds up from the roots. Planting morning glory flowers isn t difficult and there are many other good reasons to grow morning glories in your flower garden. There are well over 1 000 different varieties of the plant and each species looks unique. May 18 2020 morning glories are so pretty climbing on a trellis or fence especially heavenly blue nice touch of blue with other kinds of flowers.
Morning glory vines are usually thicker than bindweed s vines and may have small hairs. Morning glory flowers ipomoea purpurea or convolvulus purpureus are a common sight in many landscapes and may be found in any number of species within the calystegia convolvulus ipomoea merremia and rivea genera while some varieties are described as noxious weed in some areas the fast growing vining plants can also make lovely additions to the garden if kept in check. Full sun bloom time. If you like vining plants this is an easy one to grow.
Annual perennial in zones 9 11 or areas over 45 f height spread. Year round in tropics color. I love the way that morning glories make my garden look. 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.
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. These plants create blooms with trumpet like flowers that have tiny heart shaped petals that smell amazing. See more ideas about flowers morning glory garden vines.