Morning Glories - Page 5

DonDuck · August 10, 2019

My mom grew morning glories when I was a kid. She loved them and I just thought they were pretty.

I planted them around my garden fence four years ago. They were beautiful and brought back memories of my mom. Unfortunately, they attempted to strangle my tomato plants. I didn't plant them again and started pulling the seedlings the following spring. Four years later, I pulled some seedlings yesterday.

SpookyShoe · August 21, 2019

These pop up every year in the beds in front of the house. Usually, I pull most them up if not all of them. This year I'm going to let a few grow. I even put a trellis out for one of the vines.

SpookyShoe · August 21, 2019

This is what the flowers will look like.

SpookyShoe · August 25, 2019

This morning. Can't wait until next spring to try out new varieties.

Worth1 · August 25, 2019

I saw some growing wild up some rebar at a hot dry barren road construction site.

SpookyShoe · September 9, 2019

I don't know what these are called because they are from a packet of mixed variety seeds.

SpookyShoe · September 27, 2019

Every year these come up in front of the house and I usually pull up all of the little plants. This year I'm letting a few grow and even trained two of them on trellises. This is the first bloom on one of the plants, but there will be many more. They are native to this area and you can see them in several places.

GrowingCoastal · September 27, 2019

The whole plant is so dainty looking. Lovely.

SpookyShoe · September 27, 2019

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Originally Posted by GrowingCoastal

The whole plant is so dainty looking. Lovely.

And the leaves are such beautiful perfect hearts.

imp · September 29, 2019

Morning glories are so pretty, yet so hard to get rid of, too!

SpookyShoe · September 29, 2019

The Glacier Star and Flying Saucer don't appear to make any seed pods. I'm sure there are several other varieties that don't make seed pods either. But yes, several people on this thread have commented about how certain morning glory varieties can be invasive.

imp · September 30, 2019

I was thinking mainly of the smaller wild ones being hard o get gone if one choses to, but some of the morning glories are as you say, not very invasive. My moonflowers never were, and I used to enjoy them a lot.

SpookyShoe · October 11, 2019

I'm so glad I let a couple of these native plants take hold and thrive in front of the house.

shelleybean · October 16, 2019

I like the enormous white moonflowers.

Gerris2 · November 26, 2023

I am happy to find a morning glory thread. I've been addicted to growing them for over 20 years.

This yellow flower is on a perennial morning glory, species Distimake aureus (previously Merremia aurea).

-Joseph

September 29, 2019	#70
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	Morning glories are so pretty, yet so hard to get rid of, too! __________________ I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing.

September 29, 2019	#71
SpookyShoe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: El Lago, Texas Posts: 1,100	The Glacier Star and Flying Saucer don't appear to make any seed pods. I'm sure there are several other varieties that don't make seed pods either. But yes, several people on this thread have commented about how certain morning glory varieties can be invasive. __________________ Donna, Zone 9, Texas Gulf Coast

September 30, 2019	#72
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	I was thinking mainly of the smaller wild ones being hard o get gone if one choses to, but some of the morning glories are as you say, not very invasive. My moonflowers never were, and I used to enjoy them a lot. __________________ I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing.

October 16, 2019	#74
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	I like the enormous white moonflowers. __________________ Michele

August 10, 2019	#61
DonDuck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Corinth, texas Posts: 1,784	My mom grew morning glories when I was a kid. She loved them and I just thought they were pretty. I planted them around my garden fence four years ago. They were beautiful and brought back memories of my mom. Unfortunately, they attempted to strangle my tomato plants. I didn't plant them again and started pulling the seedlings the following spring. Four years later, I pulled some seedlings yesterday.

August 25, 2019	#65
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I saw some growing wild up some rebar at a hot dry barren road construction site.

September 27, 2019	#68
GrowingCoastal Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Vancouver Island Canada BC Posts: 1,253	The whole plant is so dainty looking. Lovely.