Morning Glory Variegated Leaves
I garden in zone 6b.
Morning glory variegated leaves. Morning glory vines are sturdy and not generally affected by disease or pests but can occasionally be susceptible to white blister rust fungal leaf spot stem rot and wilt. 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. The morning glory genus ipomoea includes more than 500 species most of which are climbing vines. With vibrant colored flowers and fresh green leaves the morning glory has many fans.
Synonyms ipomoea heavenly blue. Nil that have that foliage i discovered ipomoea durning the winter and have collected about 35 different glories i. They can also be bothered by aphids leaf miners spider mites and caterpillars. Available in separate colors or red pink blue and violet this variegated leafed morning glory is a very slow grower that barely reached 9 inches tall after sixteen weeks of growth.
We tried growing this because we thought the foliage. If you want to avoid that sometimes aggressive self seeding process remove the plants entirely from an area in the late fall before they become crispy. The flowers turned out to be really pretty too. A great climber the blue morning glory is the winner of several international flower awards and does best in well drained soil.
There isn t currently a whole lot of information on the web about them but from what i can tell they were trialed and released by ball seed company. The good morning blue or sunsmile blue is a color changing mg. There are several i. This is a variegated bush type morning glory.
Most of the types of common morning glory or ipomoea purpurea that you re going to find grow as annuals unless you re in usda hardiness zone 10 or 11. In addition to the purple cultivars everyone thinks of when they think of morning glory the vines trumpet shaped flowers can bloom in many shades of pink blue white red as well as variegated combinations. Nil chocolate has huge blooms and they beautiful also one form has normal leaves and the other has variegated. Deer will eat morning glory leaves and vines although the seeds are poisonous.
We have some pretty challenging weather sometimes. Other common names morning glory heavenly blue. Morning glory vines can grow as much as 15 feet in a season to blanket an ugly fence wall or telephone pole. Types blue morning glory ipomoea indica.