Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #123, 1 by joeswife

joeswife wrote:
Morning glorys are funny... trim the tops and any side shoots, feed them a lot of food, let them get really dry before you soak them. they will bloom, but usually not until end of july or august. especially if these are prennials. the species vines have to go thru their growing period before they bloom.

I have a vine that crawled all over the patio last summer and is nowin thre separate spots vining all over huge leaves, but no blooms. I have started trimming all the off shoots to force them into bloom. Japanese morning glorys are different. I have several plants in small ots waiting to send out this fall to any takers. I setosa, brazilian morning glory, i wrighti, alata, you name it. Moon vines take the longest to bloom. Hope this helps..

Thank you all for letting me vent. I got your card, KayJones and I loved it it spruced up my lunch. My cleros are blooming here and there, moved the pitcher plants and a few of the other tropicals to the north corner of the front porch. queen emma crinum is brown but upright and solid, hate to move her now.

Shrimp plant from you, KayJones is blooming away.
here are pictures from august last year