Morning Glory Seeds Texas
The morning glory in our yard is commonly called purple bindweed and has a few other common names and as many as five latin names just to confuse matters.
Morning glory seeds texas. Buy packaged seeds or collect the seed pods from a friend s morning glory plant. All 50 states have issued warnings about the packages some of which contain flowering plants like morning glory hibiscus and roses according to osama el lissy with the plant protection program. Indoors the seeds should be started about 4 6 weeks before the last frost in your area. As morning glory flowers die they leave behind round seed pods at the base of the flower stem.
Their big fragrant colorful flowers are known to attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Dee emory 6798 culebra san antonio texas 78238 this interesting plant is in the sweetpotato family ipomoea with a shrub like growth. Some gardeners simply call it pest. Morning glories are drought tolerant and bloom from early summer to the first frost.
Purchase or gather morning glory seeds. Moonflowers and morning glories are vines which have been favorites in texas gardens for many years although they are closely related moonflowers ipomoea alba come only in white bloom at night and are scented to draw night flying moths for pollination purposes they are easily grown from large seeds which appeal to children. Since morning glories have relatively hard seed coats you should soak the seeds in water overnight or nick them before sowing. Fertile well drained soil is great but morning glories tolerate and even thrive in rocky poor soil.
The sulfur in the morning glory s juice served to vulcanize the rubber a process predating. The seeds have a very thick seed coat that can lay dormant in the soil for 20 years some say 50 years or more. Each plant can produce 500 or more seeds. Purple bindweed is a native texas morning glory.
Seed available by sending a self addressed envelop with a check for 5 made payable to dee emory to the following address. Keep them out of reach of children and pets. Is it morning glory or bindweed. Morning glory seeds are poisonous especially in large quantities.
Bush morning glory or moonflower ipomoea fistulosa mart. 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. Heart shaped dark green leaves contrast with the six inch waxy. Even though this plant is literally driving me crazy i have to admire its shear survivability.
If transplanting also keep the soil moist until they establish. The pods are ready to pick when they turn papery and brown and contain dark brown or black seeds. Morning glory was first known in china for its medicinal uses due to the laxative properties of its seeds.