Morning Glories: I. pandurata & other summer '08 MGs, 1 by bluespiral

bluespiral wrote:
There are a couple of threads by Patootie and EmmaGrace which I will hunt down later that contain more extensive, enlightening dialog about this flower - am just going to post 4 pics from my 2008 summer garden - quite a different set of conditions from what appeared to be a baked, arid, sunny spot along a ditch where Emma found hers in Texas, if I remember correctly. Here, I. pandurata blooms within the drip line of a monster silver maple in a clay-ey soil with horrible summer humidity.

Mine came to me by way of a single seed from Ron which I germinated in 2006, but I have seen it growing wild twice in the local woodsy park system. The first time, I. pandurata was roaring up through thick herbage from the bottom of a deep ditch along a narrow road through a woods of tulip poplar and hickory. The second time, it was roaring up through Joe-Pye weed, purple fall asters, evening primrose, perennial sunflowers, Deptford pinks, etc. in a spot along a creek and in a utility break - lots of sun.

I'll try to get pictures next year of these wild Maryland homes of pandurata. And a "sacred sepal shot" (snort to Joseph), too.

DH is the one who climbed down into that ditch to look for seeds last summer, but did not find any. Hopefully, I'll be able to retrieve more stem sections with buds about to open from the meadow next summer so I can attempt pollinating the one in our garden again (not sure if I can get there after this past summer).