Morning Glories: Morning Glorys 2005 #16, 1 by Seedsower

Seedsower wrote:
Emma, Dee, Ron....in no particular order :0)

The Blue Silk is indeed Blue Silk as I purchased it from Park Seed a few years back. Back when Park stopped selling Blue Silk through their catalog, I called to see if they still had any in stock and was told they had 800 packets in their inventory, but that it just wasn't enough inventory to list it again in their catalog. I bought about 25 packs and sold most of them thru ebay to help fund my plant habit. I still have a few packs left and I haven't had any trouble with germination even though they're going on probably four years old by now. I thought about purchasing ANT but thought it was the same as Blue Silk only by another name. My Blue Silk does have color variation depending on the temperatures, and sometimes even more white appears in some of the flowers (photo below).

Ron, thanks for the info on the "Tube Top" morning glory! I thought it was quite interesting when I saw it. Does this attribute appear randomly? I think I had one other bloom on the same vine but I don't recall the "tube". I'll tag this bloom in the event I bring it indoors till the seed ripens. I've tried doing it in the past but the plants die off. Anyone here done it successfully? I loathe our short growing season. How long DOES it take for a pod to ripen once it sets seed? I think my very 1st bloom on a pink JP type bloomed in June and the pods STILL are not ripe....

Thanks~
Sandy