Morning Glories: Moonflower, 1 by Quyen

Quyen wrote:
That is a great picture, jmorth. The moonflower seems to glow. I'm still waiting for mine to get big. (whining)

Ron:
Both barrels started out the same but I think the eastside one is more vigorous because it doesn't have the hot pm sun beating on it. It gets shade from 11 am on. Regarding how long the blooms last: the purpurea folds up faster (usually by 2 pm) than the tricolor. Out of all the tricolors, 'Pearly Gates' stay open the longest. I only have 'Pearly' on the westside but they stay open to late afternoon, just as the blue mix on the eastside, usually till around 5 pm. On unusually cool days (HI in the high 70's), they stay open (but a bit floppy) till about 7 or 8 pm. Hope that made sense to you.

Both of the pics were a taken at 5 pm. Whites from the westside and blues from the eastside. You can see that their edges were beginning to curl up a bit.