Morning Glory On The Vine

The flowers of the morning glory are trumpet.

Morning glory on the vine. 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. Morning glory was first known in china for its medicinal uses due to the laxative properties of its seeds. Heavenly blue morning glory i. Ground cover 16 inches high and can spread over 30 feet.

Common morning glory i. It is very closely related to the convolvulus or bindweed plants which are perennial. Convovulus tricolor known as dwarf morning glory forms bushy plants with pink blue purple and rose flowers. Morning glory vines are usually thicker than bindweed s vines and may have small hairs.

Morning glory belongs to a family of unique and tenacious plants called ipomoea. They cannot climb flat surfaces so hang plastic netting in front of a wall or solid fence if you d like the vines to grow there. Morning glory weed control in the cultivated landscape however is essential to prevent the plant from taking over. Violacea a twining perennial vine usually cultivated as a garden annual bears clusters of blue to.

A bigger problem is 4 footed animals who love to munch on the leaves. Blue ensign is a selection with blue flowers and contrasting yellow and white centers. Morning glory vines seldom are seldom bothered by insects or diseases although in wet weather they can contract several fungal problems like leaf spot stem rot thread blight and white blister. 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.

Annual perennial in zones 9 11. Give them access to a trellis or arbor for shade or let them grow on a dead tree or post. The sulfur in the morning glory s juice served to vulcanize the rubber a process predating. Morning glory vine is an annual.

Morning glory is a form of vine that is native to various parts of the western u s including the california coast and the foothills of the sierra nevada mountain range. Pink petals with a darker center. Provide your morning glory vine with climbing materials. Beach morning glory railroad vine bayhops ipomoea pes caprae.

Moon flower ipomoea alba has large fragrant white flowers that open in the evening and close before midday. Morning glory vine related species. 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.