Morning Glories: ipomoea Ochracea, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
gofast,

The first year I planted Ipomoea ochracea they did not bloom until the second year. However, the seeds that fell from those blooms sprouted in March, grew and bloomed in September of the first year. Seems the original stock needed time to get acclimated to our climate?

All following generations have bloomed from seed the first year. These vines do not die out after the first year but continue to grow and bloom each year. I have vines that are five years old now. Of course, our climate has mild winters so they don't freeze back to the ground.

Mine started to bloom in early October and are still blooming. They normally stop blooming around late April, early May.

Hope that helps.

~ Cat

This message was edited Mar 9, 2008 11:13 AM