Morning Glories: Morning Glories 2007 # 11, 1 by bluespiral

bluespiral wrote:
have enjoyed very much this morning's oasis of flowers from everyone

Emma - congrats on your new grandchild - so adorable - you've really exploded the palette of subtle grays, lilacs, plums, etc. into a huge chunk of the spectrum around here - every blossom is a major event

Should have some major floral events in a few days here - still mostly leaves and my DC hates violets and black tones grrr

Ronnie - great companions for MGs: mantis and raindrops - nice shots

Gard2005, talk about strange parts of a spectrum - your grow-outs from your double picotee mix are throwing silvery-gray, thick furball leaves and another yellowy one looks crunchy enough to pass for lettuce!

Kevin, beautiful shot of I. indica - is that the one previously known as the "Blue Dawn Flower"? If so, it was much rhapsodized about by Henry Mitchell in his Washington Post articles - I think he mentioned wintering them over in a dry-ish state in a plastic garbage bag in his basement in Washington, DC. Would anyone know anything about that?

Joseph, the Hewittia looks so much like Abelmoschus manihot http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/12613/ . For all the other morphological differences between these two plants, you have to wonder what the similarities might say about any similarities in the two habitats in which they originated. Would like to see another category in PlantFiles for origin of plant.

Beth, I really appreciate it when folks enter the species and cultivar names of the MG pic being posted; but, to add such a great link - many thank yous - always love companion plants with MGs - loved the blue bachelor buttons

Pamsue - if Patootie's advice doesn't do the trick, I wonder if one of those refurbished PCs from Dell might? Do MacIntosh or some other business sell refurbished PCs? Gardenwife always seems on top of these things - wonder how productive a visit to DG's Computer Forum might be?

Patootie - I'm hoping one of this year's MGs will throw some pale blue silk - nice to drool over yours while I wait for mine

Gourd - now I don't feel so bad about all the pots still hanging around from wintersowing. No one needs a panoramic shot of my jungle of recycled milk jugs, yogurt containers and other unphotogenic unmentionables heaped outside our back door (but still sporting green plants); but! would love to see one of your pots now that they're blooming so well

And railroad tracks & the "lonesome" train whistle - the first one in America started here in Ellicott City in (I think) 1837, and we treasure all the history and pings of nostalgia carried in its honk around here

Ron - your keeping us on an accurate course is always appreciated - you're the rudder to our ship

Beckygardener, Frangipani & GrowJo - always great to cross paths with you around here

Apologies to those who probably posted while I was working on this post

From a seed from Ron last year, here's Ipomoea pandurata looking like a thin, wiry string of delicately grooved sea shells - makes the leaves of Ipomoea purpurea in the foreground look downright planetary - (That's aconite, lady's mantle and a large, blue pleated & creped hosta in the background)

ps - can't post too often - eye problems