And I never know what bloom patterns the Matsukaze will produce from day to day. Another awesome cultivar!
Gosh! How did I get so lucky this year to have so many amazing blooms/vines! I think that Heaven opened up and shined it's light down on my garden. :-)
This is the Matsukaze bloom on the other side of the picket fence. Interesting how it also produced an opposite color and pattern bloom on the same vine. Very expressive vine and blooms!
And the final photo of the day. The ever-amazing Hanafubuki! I am finally getting a vine that is producing some seeds of this cultivar! Hooray!!!
oh wow I love them all.. I like that willow, Martin, really alot.. save me a seed would ya? Becky the Matsukaze is to die for.. you are right, you have been blessed with alot of wonderful annd spellbinding blooms so far this year.
Beautiful blooms Martin and Becky.
nice blooms Martin... well done witht the willow... i'm growing a lot of BAW out from Becky... fingers crossed, but the full BAW is such a gorgeous colour anyway and has lots of blooms, lots of pollen, so either way it's a keeper....
wonderful blooms again Becky... just love the "opposite" colourings on those vines :-)
i'm finding that some vines just dont produce pollen... but i keep looking in every bloom...
Just my luck, Colin. I noticed yesterday that the willow flowers don't have a pistil, so no seeds from them as Becky pointed out correctly, they do have pollen, though.
I hope to get some seeds from the other plant in the pot...I also find that it is the nicest blue I have seen in morning glories so far.
Martin
if you use the pollen from the willow BAW on the full BAW it might produce more willows in the next generation... just a thought!
Good tip, Colin.
Statistically 75 % if it was a simple recessive gene, but then if Becky hardly gets any of these it is genetically probably more complicated because 1 out 4 should be split willow.
Martin
That first one sure is a stunner, Becky.....love that little volunteer flower also!
Thanks, y'all!
Martin - You are correct. The Willow vine will not produce seeds. You have to use the pollen from it to fertilize the full flower BAW. That will raise the odds of getting seeds for the true willow vine. It's best to grow several at a time just in case one is a willow so that you can use it for pollination to get future seeds from the full flower/leaf vines.
I've grown quite a few of the BAW and have gotten quite a few volunteers, too. It is a hardy plant for an I. nil. I do not know what the odds are for a willow from seed, but it is low. 25% might be optimistic. :-) That's amazing that you grew two and one is a willow! Very lucky! You should play the lotto! :-)
I have plenty of seeds for the BAW. If anyone wants any, just dmail me. :-)
My indoor experimenting of germinating and growing MGs for the first time was a big success! What makes it a success? Lots of seed pods! Check it out ...
Can you see the ripening seed pods on these vines?
D is Youjiro Chachamaru
A - is Fuji no Monet
Whoo Hoo!!!!
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And here are the other two pots with seeds pods forming ...
H is "Silky Blue"
F is Scarlett O'Hara (w/white throat)
Today's blooms ...
The beautiful Ipomoea carnea - Pink blooming bush.
Rose Silk blooms.
These two vines are growing next to each other. One is George Strait (I think) and the other is my Pink Porcelain. Similarities between these two vines in leaf color, leaf shape, and bloom pattern. Interesting, huh?
The very lovely Aogakiyama in all her royal glory and variegated leaves. :-)
Diluted Fuji no Muraski blooms today. The solid green leaves belong to this vine. The variegated ones belong to the blooms above (Aogakiyama).
Becky your blooms are gorgeous!!
Becky the Aogakiyama, has mAde me almost faint.. plz save some seeds of that one for me..
I have been hand-pollinating the Aogakiyama. But the bees are too! LOL! Hopefully the seeds will produce true vines to my photos.
Now here is the kicker ...
I found a thread about this particular cultivar: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/737019/
The color is not right on this vine bloom. This vine was grown from a seed I received from Antoinette. She had it labeled "Aogakiyama x Chocolate Silk". So ... what does this mean? Is this really what A thought it was or is this something else completely different? Chocolate Silk crossed with Aogakiyama ... what would that possibly create? These blooms? The blooms are consistent, no variations. Variegated leaves. Large blooms. More questions than answers...
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Diluted Fuji no Muraski my...........what a lovely one
and your four color... just perrfect as it is.. now that one is worth making cuttins of. if you can't get it to seed..
keep up the excelent work.. with your flowers..and keeping us entertained..
Becky, I keep thinking the carnea is going to be huge bush or tree...How long did it take from sowing to flowering?
Martin
Hi Becky your "Aogakiyama" looks a little like this one http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/72360/
Here is a picture that Ron ID for me last year of Aogakiyama if it helps any!
Love all your blooms Becky, so pretty.
Ronnie - I have what looks like 'Akatsuki no Umi' growing along my fence. (See my photo here in this post!) The one I have labeled Aogakiyama has the look of deep blue/purple velvet with that fetching pink throat. I don't know what it is... Thank you for trying to help me ID it! :-) :-) :-)
Gordon - Thanks! Glad you are enjoying the blooms, too! I am going to be sooo bummed when their life cycle ends and I have to rip them all out and start new vines from seeds. But I have my fingers crossed that I get lots and lots of seeds from all these vines! :-) :-)
Martin - The I. carnea will eventually be a lush, tall bush. I think it could be trimmed up and trained as a standard form (tree) as well. This is the second year of mine. I grew it from seed last year and I think it got it's first bloom late in the Fall.
Jackie - Thanks! :-)
Ronnie - There is some Blue Shibori mixed in there ... in the above photo.
Here is a photo of two of the Fuji no Sora x Pink Picotee NOT blooms. This photo doesn't do it justice. The blooms are very large and very confident! I've yet to see one folded over from the weight! Proud blooms!!
This vine posted in the attached photo was grown at my school as a class project on plants. Well ... it didn't do squat and looked like a dwarf vine until I brought it home and set it out on the table on my screened-in porch. And now it is blooming!! Ha! So I am hand-pollinating it for the sheer fun of it!
Hein no Hikari must feel threatened by all the other vines, so it decided to show off today for my viewing pleasure. :-)
Isn't the color and patterns on this Diluted Fuji no Muraski bloom just amazing??? I am blown away by this vine every time it blooms! It doesn't get much prettier than this!!! What a gift from nature! I have no idea how this vine bloom came to be. I don't know what caused the "diluted" effect on the flowers, but my goodness is it simply a joy to behold! I don't want this vine to end it's life cycle. I wish it was a perennial! (sigh)
Daily blooms on Aogakiyama!
Open wide and say "Ahh ..."! LOL!
I got this neat plant from Emma. I don't recall what it is! But I sure like it! :-) Thanks so much, Emma!
The roses in these 2 pots looked pretty bad about a month ago. I dumped some compost on the top of the soil and then watered them. They came back to life kicking and screaming within days! This is the only way I can grow roses ... I am glad I found a way to not only keep them alive, but also get lots of blooms! I have a brown thumb with roses 90% of the time.
Mums bloom year round for me here. They look a little parched in this photo. It was extremely HOT today! Whew!
This is the view looking through my arbor. My hubby wants me to either pull these daisies out or cut them back. Not a chance!!! If you saw the number of butterflies I get on these blooms, you'd understand why I love these monster Cowpen Daisies! They are right smack in the middle of my butterfly garden! Just how it should be! There is a sense of order here even with this jungle look!
And this is what they look like from afar. I call it my Secret Butterfly Garden because you can't see what is on the other side of the daisies.
This is what is on the other side.
The tree in the corner of this photo is a Cape Honeysuckle bush trained into a standard form (tree). It blooms several times a year and is covered in orange blooms that the humming birds go wild over! :-)
This is just amazing!!! http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6684358
Boy! I sure wished that this waterfall/pond was big enough to dive into today. The heat index was close to 100 degrees and it's only June! Ugh!
