Showing posts with label morning glory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label morning glory. Show all posts

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Ipomoea tricolor 'Heavenly Blue': seedling

[Photo: Ipomoea tricolor Heavenly Blue seedling.]My morning glory seedlings are coming up! The weird two-pronged cotyledons remind me of dragonfly wings.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Ipomoea purpurea 'Crimson Rambler': flowers

[Photo: Ipomoea purpurea 'Crimson Rambler']Ipomoea purpurea, known in English as morning glory and in French as gloire du matin or ipomoée pourpre is an annual vine native to Mexico and Central America. It bears numerous showy trumpet-shaped flowers, about 10 cm across, in purple, pink, or white.

This is another one of those misleadingly labelled cultivars. To me this is not crimson, it is fuchsia. It's still pretty, but it would be easier to plan the garden if people didn't give plants misleading names and descriptions.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Ipomoea tricolor 'Heavenly Blue': flower

[Photo: Ipomoea tricolor Heavenly Blue.]Ipomoea tricolor, known in English as morning glory or grannyvine and in French as ipomée tricolor is a tender perennial* climbing vine native to the tropics of the Americas. The large trumpet shaped blossoms, which may be blue, purple, white, or pink, open early in the morning and close as the temperature rises. The cultivar shown, 'Heavenly Blue', has especially large blossoms in an exquisite true blue. Seeds are best directly sown in the garden after the last frost; soak them 24 hours before planting.

* grown as an annual in Toronto.

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