Morning Glories: Ipomoea "Blackie" eliminating green leaves, 1 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
I have a green/white one that has started to send out solid green shoots, but, it is sending them out from the base of the plant, right next to where the green/white stems come up out of the ground.

If yours are at the growing tips of the black stems/leaves I would leave them and see if the turn dark. It might be that the long warm days of summer has changed its growth habit. I think I have seen 'Blackie' do that color change here in summer.