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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: widgetwilk on August 04, 2011, 08:37:44

Title: Morning Glory
Post by: widgetwilk on August 04, 2011, 08:37:44
My red Morning Glory grown from last years seeds,
thought this photo looked like the morning sun in the centre of the flower,
perhaps that is why they are so-called.(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/widgetwilk/singlered.jpg)
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: shirlton on August 04, 2011, 09:06:55
How lovely.Yes it does look like the sun
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Post by: Digeroo on August 04, 2011, 09:23:52
Lovely a ray of shineshine on a dull morning.
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: gardenqueen on August 04, 2011, 14:21:39
Love the colour. Just wish I could grow morning glory but have never been successful  :'(
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: saddad on August 04, 2011, 15:04:06
I still think "Heavenly Blue" takes some beating...  :)
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: lavenderlux on August 04, 2011, 18:32:32
Lovely flowers - I'm growing some Morning Glory in 'blue shades' this year, up canes and with blue shades of Petunia underneath and this container looks stunning
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: caroline7758 on August 07, 2011, 22:28:23
Lovely! I think the name comes from the fact that the flowers open in the morning and close up in the evening.
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: antipodes on August 08, 2011, 12:46:06
Bindweed has left me permanently traumatised by any Morning Glory type of plant.
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: davejg on August 27, 2011, 18:54:08
I've grown "Granpa Otis" this year for the first time, going great guns.  :) It was a long time before i could bring myself to grow them, gave a plant to a friend them told her it was the bindweed family, i thought she was going to kill it on the spot.
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: Alex133 on August 28, 2011, 07:41:16
It's a shame bindweed is such a thug as the large white flowers are rather beautiful - if it was an annual would probably be a bestseller.
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: betula on August 28, 2011, 09:10:29
They are wonderful though :)
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: goodlife on August 28, 2011, 09:39:35
Bindweed has left me permanently traumatised by any Morning Glory type of plant.
;D ;D...sorry, I should not laugh at your distress.. :-X

I know what you mean..I've got plenty of bindweed growing here too..it is the mother of all bindweeds  ::) Tough b**ch.
But even then..I do admit the big field bindweed flowers are lovely.
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: goodlife on August 28, 2011, 09:40:57
Lovely Morning glory..bindweed is another story.. ;D ;D..
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: manicscousers on August 29, 2011, 10:26:16
Widget, I have the same one as yours growing in between my tomatoes in the poly. much less slug damage and brings in the pollinators  :)
Title: Re: Morning Glory
Post by: Alex133 on September 05, 2011, 06:55:25
One of my Heavenly Blue plants has beautiful pure white flowers - has anyone else had that happen?