Morning Glories: Morning Glory discovered this summer, 1 by EmmaGrace

EmmaGrace wrote:
Oh, Sarah -
Your Plum Frost is awesome and is still hanging in there. I didn't grow this guy this year and sure do miss those blooms. And, your Apricot Candy is doing great.

The pods in the close up photos to me look like they will produce seeds. You can usually tell right away if a seed pod doesn't pollinate as it will turn to brown and eventually fall off the vine. When they are pollinated you can see them swell as they grow and mature. The pod will turn brown when they are mature and ready to harvest and the pod will become thin like paper. It is important not to collect the seeds until they are mature and not still green.

I'm sure Ron can explain this a lot better to you than I can.

Here are a couple of photos that I took this morning for some comparisons of seed pods for you.

This photo will show you a pod that wasn't pollinated located just above the top center of the bloom that will eventually fall off the vine. Just underneat you can see the sepals sticking up of a growing pod.

To the far right is the shell of a pod after the seeds were collected. Just underneath is another maturing pod. Also top left you can see the sepals of another pod maturing and just above this is a pod that is almost mature. The pod and sepals will now begin to turn brown.