Morning Glory With Vine
Morning glory vine related species.
Morning glory with vine. The flowers of the morning glory are trumpet. Although morning glory makes for a beautiful plant the mature vines create the biggest problem. A trellised morning glory usually has hundreds of seeds waiting to fall to the soil below and germinate the following spring. A bigger problem is 4 footed animals who love to munch on the leaves.
All the best morning glory vine drawing 37 collected on this page. 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. Download morning glory vine stock pictures and pictures in the best photography agency reasonable prices millions of high quality and royalty free stock photos and images. 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.
Blue ensign is a selection with blue flowers and contrasting yellow and white centers. Purpurea an annual vine that bears heart shaped leaves and purple pink or white flowers about 7 cm 3 inches across has become a troublesome weed in parts of southeastern north america it is grown as an ornamental in many places. Heavenly blue morning glory i. The blooms are typically magenta red white blue or pink and they grow well in soil that is well draining and full sun.
The sulfur in the morning glory s juice served to vulcanize the rubber a process predating. Scarlett o hara morning glory. In fact it can easily grow to be 10 feet tall when it is trained correctly. Morning glory ipomoea purpurea this is a unique morning glory that will grow to be quite tall.
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. Deer will eat morning glory leaves and vines although the seeds are poisonous. Convovulus tricolor known as dwarf morning glory forms bushy plants with pink blue purple and rose flowers. They can also be bothered by aphids leaf miners spider mites and caterpillars.
Violacea a twining perennial vine usually cultivated as a garden annual bears clusters of blue to. Morning glory was first known in china for its medicinal uses due to the laxative properties of its seeds. Deer rabbits and groundhogs can do a lot of damage to the lower vines. You will want to take them down with a sheet below the plant to catch any falling seeds.
Common morning glory i. Moon flower ipomoea alba has large fragrant white flowers that open in the evening and close before midday.