Morning Glories: convolvulus for gardeners, 1 by ceej1963

ceej1963 wrote:
it's still very small Becky... it just sat there for ages before it started to get true leaves... perhaps it want's things a little warmer..... it looks as though it should grow into a tallish plant from the pics i've seen though!

this is the write-up off the seed site:
"150 (400)cm, very floriferous (= name!) shrub to small tree. Ideal pot plant with numerous small, pure white flowers in dense stalks. Attractive, shiny green, narrow foliage. Native to the lower succulent zone of all Canary islands, especially Tenerife. Despite its common name this species flowers in cultivation all day long! VII-XI."

sounds lovely :-)

i also have seeds(not sown yet) of Convolvulus scoparius... a closely related type... here's the write-up:
"150 (300)cm, similar to the closely related Convolvulus floridus. Makes woody, upright growing stems with very narrow, almost needle-like leaves and terminal lose racemes of white to light rose flowers. Native of sun exposed, rocky sites in the eastern islands and Tenerife. Plants from Gran Canaria (Bco. de Fataga) tend to grow taller than plants on Tenerife (eastern part of Valle de Güímar), the latter grow much more compact and rarely reach more than 120cm in height. For any rich, well drained soil in an always very sunny spot throughout the year. Keep drier in winter at a minimum of some 10°C. VII-XI."

so i think the 10c winter minimum teprature, would also apply to C floridus....

pic=C floridus